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LIBRARY 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

SANTA  BARBARA 


PRESENTED  BY 

Glen   G.    Mosher 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY 


UNDERGRADUATE  POINT  OF  VIEW 


COLLECTED   AND   EDITED   BY 

JOHN  BRETT  LANGSTAFF  (SENIOR) 


CAMBRIDGE 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  HARVARD  FEDERATION  OF  TERRITORIAL  CLUBS 
AT  THE  HARVARD  UNION 

1913 


COPYRIGHT,  1914 
BY  THE  HARVARD  FEDERATION  OF  TERRITORIAL  CLUBS 


TO 

ABBOTT  LAWRENCE  LOWELL 

PRESIDENT  OF  HARVARD  UNIVERSITY 

whose  personal  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  individual 
undergraduate  has  made  him  the  noble  ideal  of  a  democratic 
student  body,  this  little  volume  is  respectfully  dedicated. 


CONTENTS 

PACK 

PREFACE. —  C.  W.  ELIOT 7 

EDITOR'S    NOTE      17 

I.   THE  HARVARD  FEDERATION  OF  TERRITORIAL  CLUBS 19 

II.   SCHOLARSHIP 21 

III.  RELIGIOUS  LIFE 28 

IV.  ATHLETICS 

Daily  exercise 34 

Football 35 

Baseball 37 

Track       39 

Rowing 41 

Hockey 44 

Tennis 46 

Lacrosse  .    .    .    ^ 47 

Wrestling 48 

Gymnastics 48 

Fencing 50 

Association  Football 51 

Swimming 52 

Shooting 52 

V.   STUDENT  PUBLICATIONS 53 

VI.   HARVARD  UNION 58 

VII.   CLUBS 62 

Social 63 

Scientific 64 

Language  and  Culture,  etc 65 

VIII.   LOCATION  AND  ENVIRONMENT 67 

IX.   A  TYPICAL  UNDERGRADUATE'S  EXPENSES  AT  HARVARD 71 

X.   PROFESSIONAL  AND  GRADUATE  SCHOOLS 

The  Medical  School 79 

The  Law  School      81 

The  Divinity  School 82 

School  of  Arts  and  Sciences      83 

School  of  Business  Administration       84 

Schools  of  Applied  Science 85 

XL   NOT  WEALTH  BUT  ABILITY 88 

XII.   FINANCIAL  AIDS  AND  SCHOLARSHIPS      94 

XIII.  PUBLICATIONS  CONCERNING  HARVARD 100 

XIV.  TERRITORIAL  CLUBS  AND  ADDRESSES  OF  THEIR  SECRETARIES   .            .  102 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY 


PREFACE 

WHAT  reasons  can  be  given  to  an  intelligent  and  ambitious 
young  American  for  choosing  Harvard  University  as  his 
university  ?  There  are  hundreds  of  colleges  and  universities 
in  the  United  States.  Why  should  the  graduate  of  a  good 
high  school,  an  academy,  or  a  private  school  think  of  going 
to  Harvard  rather  than  to  some  neighboring  college  or  uni- 
versity, or  to  some  institution  supported  by  his  religious 
denomination,  or  to  one  supported  by  his  state  or  his  city  ? 
The  reasons  are  many  and  various;  so  that  to  state  them 
even  concisely  needs  some  space. 

1.  Harvard  College  is  the  oldest  college  in  the  country, 
having  been  established  in  1636;  and  it  was  the  first  of  the 
American  colleges  to  expand  into  a  university.  It  was 
founded  in  liberty-loving  Massachusetts  at  a  time  when  the 
ministers  were  the  ruling  class,  and  the  whole  community 
knew  that  their  ministers  ought  to  be  well  educated.  For 
the  first  fourteen  years  its  government  was  experimental, 
or  provisional;  but  in  1650  a  charter  was  granted  to  Harvard 
College  which  established  a  primary  governing  board  — 
the  Corporation  —  consisting  of  seven  men  authorized  to 
elect  their  successors,  and  to  make  orders  for  carrying  on  the 
work  of  the  college  as  they  shall  see  fit,  "  provided  the  said 
orders  be  allowed  by  the  Overseers."  The  constitution  of 
the  Overseers  has  been  frequently  changed  since  the  Board 
was  first  established  in  1636,  but  it  has  always  been  an  in- 
fluential and  serviceable  body.  Since  1866  the  members  of 
the  Board  have  been  elected  by  the  graduates  of  the  College 
in  classes  of  five,  each  class  to  serve  six  years.  The  President 
and  Treasurer  of  the  University  are  ex-officio  members  of 
this  Board.  The  Board  has  all  powers  of  inspection  and 
criticism,  and  a  veto  on  important  acts  of  the  Corporation, 
except  financial  acts.  It  keeps  the  institution  in  touch 


8  PREFACE 

with  the  large  body  of  graduates  and  with  the  educated  pub- 
lic. This  constitution  or  government  is  the  best  in  the  entire 
country  for  a  university.  It  has  worked  admirably  for  two 
hundred  and  sixty-three  years,  but  never  so  well  as  in  the 
last  fifty  years.  The  members  of  the  two  Boards  are  selected 
intelligently,  represent  a  large  variety  of  influential  profes- 
sions and  occupations,  and  acquire  precious  experience.  They 
are  always  intensely  interested  in  the  University,  and  put 
into  the  service  they  render  it  a  deal  of  love  and  gratitude. 
The  service  of  the  Fellows  of  the  Corporation  is  unpaid,  but 
has  been  considered  highly  honorable  for  eight  generations 
in  Massachusetts. 

2.  Harvard  University  has  great  possessions.  It  has 
more  than  twenty-five  millions  of  dollars  well  invested  for 
yielding  a  cash  income.  It  has  more  than  eighty  acres  of 
land  in  Cambridge,  with  numerous  buildings  of  brick  and 
stone.  In  southwestern  Boston  it  owns  three  hundred  acres 
of  land  devoted  to  agricultural  and  horticultural  purposes, 
including  an  admirable  Arboretum  of  over  two  hundred 
acres.  It  has  in  Cambridge  an  admirably  equipped  Observa- 
tory, a  Botanic  Garden  and  Herbarium,  a  great  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  Geology,  and  Archaeology,  a  Semitic 
Museum,  a  Germanic  Museum,  and  laboratories  of  all  sorts 
for  the  study  of  the  natural  and  physical  sciences.  It  has 
in  Boston  a  Medical  School  equipped  with  every  facility  for 
teaching  medicine  and  for  conducting  medical  research;  and 
this  Medical  School  is  surrounded  by  a  group  of  hospitals 
which  furnish  the  Professors  of  the  School  with  ample  and 
varied  opportunities  for  giving  clinical  instruction.  Asso- 
ciated with  this  Medical  School  is  a  perfectly  equipped  Dental 
School.  The  University  possesses  good  Laboratories  for 
Engineering  and  Mining,  and  a  large  estate  at  Squam  Lake, 
New  Hampshire,  which  is  devoted  to  the  use  of  an  Engineer- 
ing Camp  for  three  months  of  the  summer.  In  Petersham, 
Massachusetts,  it  possesses  two  thousand  acres  of  forest,  where 
practical  forestry  is  taught  under  highly  favorable  conditions. 
But  the  greatest  possessions  of  Harvard  University,  considered 
as  a  permanent  place  of  academic  and  professional  instruction 


PREFACE  9 

during  an  indefinite  future,  are  its  great  collections  of  books. 
The  three  most  important  libraries  are  in  Cambridge  at 
the  central  seat  of  the  University  -  -  the  General  Library, 
for  the  accommodation  of  which  a  new  building  is  now  being 
erected  with  every  possible  convenience  for  the  storage  and 
ready  use  of  millions  of  books;  the  Law  Library,  which  is 
certainly  the  most  comprehensive  and  serviceable  in  the 
country,  and  the  two  Libraries  of  Theology,  that  of  the  Har- 
vard Divinity  School  and  that  of  the  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  now  united  under  one  direction  in  the  new  Andover 
building. 

3.  Harvard  University  undertakes  to  prepare  young  men 
for  all  the  professions,  including  the  traditional  liberal  pro- 
fessions, all  the  new  scientific  professions,  and  all  the  higher 
walks  of  business.  It  maintains  courses  of  instruction  both 
elementary  and  advanced  in  all  subjects  of  learning,  both 
in  subjects  for  which  there  is  an  active  demand,  and  in  those 
which  interest  but  fe\v  students.  In  1912-13  it  maintained 
seven  hundred  and  seventy-four  teachers,  of  whom  one 
hundred  and  forty-two  were  full  Professors.  In  that  year 
it  employed  one  teacher  for  every  seven  students,  not  counting 
as  teachers  preachers,  curators,  and  library  officers,  or  ad- 
ministrative officers.  The  election  of  the  Professors  and 
Assistant  Professors  is  made  by  the  Corporation  and  Board 
of  Overseers;  but  the  selection  and  nomination  are  practi- 
cally made  by  the  President,  in  consultation  with  the  principal 
teachers  in  the  Department  with  which  the  new  Professor  is 
to  be  connected.  The  selection  of  Professors  is  not  affected 
by  any  political,  denominational,  or  local  considerations. 
The  scale  of  salaries  is  reasonably  high  in  relation  to  the  scale 
of  living  among  the  Professors  in  Cambridge  and  Boston; 
and  every  experienced  teacher  in  the  University  enjoys 
perfect  academic  freedom.  The  University  maintains  a 
liberal  pension  system  which  antedates  the  pension  system 
established  by  the  Carnegie  Foundation.  In  consequence, 
the  service  of  Harvard  University  is  generally  considered 
desirable  by  professional  teachers,  so  that  as  a  rule  teachers 
.desired  by  Harvard  University  can  be  drawn  from  the  service 


10  PREFACE 

of  other  universities  or  colleges  to  that  of  Harvard.  There 
have  been  in  recent  years  many  forcible  illustrations  of  this 
fact.  A  large  proportion  of  the  full  Professors  at  Harvard 
University  turn  out  to  be  men  productive  in  literature,  or 
science,  pure  or  applied.  They  exhibit,  besides  zeal  in  teach- 
ing, eagerness  for  research  and  authorship.  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, therefore,  possesses  all  the  means  and  apparatus 
of  modern  education,  a  large  body  of  highly  trained  and 
effective  teachers,  well  selected  for  present  purposes  and 
likely  to  be  well  selected  in  time  to  come. 

4.  Harvard  University  attracts  more  than  four  thousand 
regular  students  each  year,  exclusive  of  Extension  students 
and  students  in  the  Summer  Schools.      Of  this  total,  four- 
sevenths  come  from  New  England.      The  other  three-sevenths 
are  distributed  among  all  the  other  States  of  the  Union  and 
twenty -nine   foreign   countries.       The   foreign   countries   in- 
clude eight  Eastern  countries,  Far  and  Near;   and  from  these 
countries  there  came  in  1912-13  thirty-seven  students.      It 
is  an  advantage  to  the  University  that  four-sevenths  of  its 
students  come  from  New  England;    because  that  is  the  part 
of  the  United  States  in  which  good  systems  of  education  have 
been   longest   established,   and   in   which   literature,   science, 
and  art  have  been  longest  cultivated;    but  it  is  also  a  great 
advantage  to  the  University  that  students  come  to  it  in  large 
numbers  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  from  many 
other  parts  of  the  world.      To  belong  to  a  selected  body  of 
youth  representing  such  a  variety  of  religions,  governments, 
and  industrial  and  social  conditions  is  a  useful  part  of  the 
education    of    any    young   American    between    eighteen    and 
twenty -five.      The  sons  of  Harvard  come  from  all  parts  of 
the  earth,  and  they  scatter  to  all  parts;    and  wherever  they 
live,  east  or  west,  north  or  south,  they  can  establish  con- 
nections with  other  Harvard  men,  older  or  younger  than  them- 
selves, and  find  in  such  connections  welcome  support  in  their 
own  undertakings  and  aspirations. 

5.  The  graduates  of  Harvard  University  are  well  organized 
in  Harvard  Clubs  and  Harvard  Professional  Clubs  —  united 
in    the    Associated    Harvard    Clubs  —  in    all    the    principal 


PREFACE  11 

cities  of  the  United  States,  and  in  many  foreign  cities;  and 
these  Clubs  make  themselves  very  serviceable  to  the  home 
University,  and  to  young  graduates  who  go  as  strangers  into 
communities  new  to  them,  where  the  immediate  support  of 
a  friendly  group  of  older  residents  is  of  real  value  to  the 
newcomer.  The  University  and  the  Alumni  Association 
maintain  for  graduates  and  undergraduates  Employment 
Bureaus,  and  in  securing  employment,  or  promotion,  or 
profitable  transfers  for  young  Harvard  men  these  Bureaus 
utilize  the  friendly  interest  of  the  officers  and  members  of 
the  numerous  Harvard  Clubs. 

6.  The  University  possesses  a  large  number  of  funds  the 
income  of  which  is  applicable  to  the  maintenance  of  poor 
students.  These  aids  are  reserved  for  students  who  need 
pecuniary  support  in  winning  their  education,  and  are  al- 
lotted only  to  young  men  of  proved  capacity  and  decided 
promise.  Such  aids  are  desirable  at  Harvard  in  all  Depart- 
ments; because  every  student  is  required  to  pay  a  tuition 
fee,  which  varies  in  the  different  Departments  from  a  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  to  two  hundred  dollars  a  year,  a  fee  which 
does  not  pay  more  than  half  the  actual  cost  of  educating  the 
average  student.  The  scholarships  and  fellowships  are 
applied  to  the  payment  of  this  fee  first,  and  the  balance  to 
the  board  and  lodgings  of  the  student.  Hundreds  of  young 
men  are  at  all  times  members  of  Harvard  University  who 
could  not  be  there  were  it  not  for  these  pecuniary  aids;  but 
in  addition,  hundreds  of  young  men  are  always  in  attendance 
at  the  University  who  support  themselves  wholly  or  in  part, 
because  a  large  variety  of  employments  is  open  to  members 
of  the  University  who  desire  to  earn  their  living  while  students. 
Fully  one-quarter  of  all  the  students  at  any  moment  connected 
with  the  University  are  men  who  either  hold  a  scholarship 
or  fellowship,  or  who  are  earning  their  livelihood  while  they 
study.  It  follows  that  among  the  students  of  Harvard 
University  every  variety  of  family  life  and  every  sort  of  social 
and  industrial  condition  are  represented.  A  full  quarter  of 
all  the  students  might  properly  be  called  poor;  perhaps  an 
eighth  belong  to  families  that  might  fairly  be  called  rich; 


12  PREFACE 

and  the  other  five-eighths  come  from  families  that  are  neither 
rich  nor  poor.  In  this  diversified  body  the  true  democratic 
spirit  prevails  in  high  degree.  Three-quarters  of  the  under- 
graduates belong  to  a  large  club  called  the  Harvard  Union, 
in  which  the  annual  fee  is  ten  dollars.  Most  of  the  other 
quarter  would  like  to  belong  to  it,  but  cannot  because  they 
have  more  urgent  uses  for  the  ten  dollars.  In  filling  Class 
offices,  the  athletic  teams,  and  the  editorial  boards  of  the 
various  magazines,  no  attention  whatever  is  paid  to  the 
pecuniary  circumstances  of  the  candidates.  There  exists, 
of  course,  among  so  large  a  body  of  young  men  numerous 
small  social  sets  composed  of  young  men  of  like  tastes  and 
capacities  in  expenditure,  and  these  sets  control  different 
small  clubs  for  social  purposes.  Some  of  these  clubs  are  so 
expensive  that  none  but  rich  men's  sons  can  belong  to  them, 
just  as  in  the  wider  society  of  many  American  cities  clubs 
for  rich  men  only  exist;  but  far  the  greater  number  of  these 
social  college  clubs  are  accessible  to  men  of  moderate  means. 
A  majority  of  the  students  at  any  one  time  belong  to  none 
of  them,  and  get  along  very  happily  without  them.  The 
general  tone,  or  spirit,  of  the  body  of  Harvard  students  is 
not  only  democratic  in  the  best  sense  of  that  term,  but  it  is 
highly  altruistic.  They  are  bent  on  becoming  serviceable 
men  in  whatever  walk  of  life  they  ultimately  find  themselves. 
As  a  rule,  too,  they  imbibe  that  spirit  of  liberty,  both  civil 
and  religious,  which  has  characterized  the  institution  from 
its  foundation,  and  characterizes  it  today.  It  is  an  individu- 
alistic, liberal  spirit  which,  however,  accepts  the  principle 
that  when  the  interests  of  the  individual  collide  with  the 
interests  of  the  collective  mass,  the  individual  interests  must 
yield  to  the  collective. 

Harvard  University  is  one  of  the  most  advantageous 
universities  in  the  whole  country  for  a  poor  student  whose 
family  is  unable  to  pay  for  his  education.  The  necessary 
expenses  at  the  University  are  the  tuition  fee — a  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  in  the  majority  of  the  Departments,  with  mod- 
erate extra  fees  for  courses  in  science  laboratories,  and  for 
summer  courses;  the  rent  of  a  room  at  from  thirty  dollars 


PREFACE  13 

upward  for  one  student,  and  a  charge  for  board  which  varies 
widely  according  to  the  desires  and  needs  of  the  student. 
In  one  of  the  large  Dining-Halls  a  student  pays  for  just  what 
he  orders  by  the  plate,  and  he  may  go  to  the  Hall  three  times 
a  day,  or  for  three  meals  a  week  if  he  prefer.  He  may  board 
himself  in  his  room,  or  he  may  take  some  meals  at  his  room, 
and  others  at  the  Hall.  Each  student  can  determine  for 
himself  and  in  accordance  with  his  own  habits  the  cost  of 
his  clothing.  A  common  estimate  of  the  cost  of  spending  a 
year  at  Harvard  University  is  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars; 
but  scores  of  students  accomplish  it  every  year  for  less  money. 
The  reasons  that  the  University  is  so  advantageous  to  the 
poor  student  are  two,  —  first,  the  large  number  of  scholar- 
ships and  other  aids  for  poor  students;  and,  secondly,  the 
many  and  varied  employments  which  Boston  and  Cambridge 
supply  for  students  who  wish  to  earn  a  portion  or  the  whole 
of  their  annual  charges.  Not  many  years  ago  a  young  man 
\vholly  dependent  on  his  own  resources,  who  was  an  unusually 
skilful  stenographer  and  typewriter,  worked  three  years  in  a 
large  department  store  in  a  Western  city,  in  order  to  lay  up 
the  money  which  he  thought  would  be  necessary  to  carry  him 
through  the  Harvard  Law  School.  A  few  weeks'  experience 
at  the  University  satisfied  him  that  he  might  better  have 
spent  those  three  years  in  Harvard  College  before  going  to  the 
Law  School --that  is,  he  could  easily  have  earned  his  way 
through  Harvard  College  and  the  Harvard  Law  School.  That 
young  man  has  now  occupied  for  several  years  a  distinguished 
and  well-paid  post  in  the  service  of  a  foreign  country,  and 
is  not  yet  in  his  prime.  Many  young  men  who  acquired 
skill  as  teachers  during  their  early  undergraduate  years  have 
laid  up  money  while  they  were  students  at  Harvard,  or  con- 
tributed considerably  to  the  support  of  their  families,  all 
the  time  standing  high  in  their  college  or  professional  school 
work.  Of  course,  none  but  men  of  sound  health,  good  habits, 
and  some  knowledge  of  personal  hygiene  can  accomplish 
safely  such  double  tasks. 

The    athletic    sports    are   highly    organized    in    Harvard 
University,    and  are    usually  maintained   without  resort    to 


14  PREFACE 

contributions  from  undergraduates,  the  gate  money  taken  at 
football  and  baseball  games  supporting  all  the  other  major 
sports  and  all  the  minor  sports.  The  variety  of  sports  is 
great;  so  that  the  individual  student  has  a  wide  choice,  and 
a  large  majority  of  the  students  enlist  in  some  sport  or  other. 
The  success  of  the  several  teams  is,  of  course,  variable  from 
year  to  year;  but  on  the  average  and  in  the  long  run  Harvard 
University  gets  its  full  share  of  victory. 

In  regard  to  student  publications,  musical  and  dramatic 
organizations,  and  debating,  the  opportunities  at  Harvard  are 
ample  for  any  young  man  whose  tastes  and  capacities  lead 
him  in  any  one  of  these  directions.  The  University  is  just 
erecting  a  building  devoted  exclusively  to  instruction  in 
music  and  to  musical  entertainments.  The  intellectual  as 
well  as  the  bodily  sports  are  fostered  by  all  sorts  of  tourna- 
ments, competitions,  and  prizes. 

The  professional  schools  of  Harvard  University  comprise 
not  only  the  Schools  of  Divinity,  Law,  and  Medicine,  and 
Dentistry,  but  Graduate  Schools  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  of 
Business  Administration,  of  Applied  Science,  and  of  Medi- 
cine. Each  of  these  Schools  undertakes  to  furnish  a  thorough 
training  for  the  corresponding  profession  or  professions,  and 
each  is  thoroughly  equipped  for  its  own  characteristic  work. 
The  largest  of  these  Schools  is  the  Law  School,  to  which 
students  resort  from  a  large  number  of  other  colleges  and 
universities.  Thus,  in  1912-13  the  number  of  colleges  repre- 
sented in  the  Law  School  was  one  hundred  and  thirty-one, 
among  which  were  several  of  the  most  important  colleges 
in  the  East — for  example,  Brown  University,  represented  by 
22  students;  Dartmouth  College  by  36;  Princeton  Univer- 
sity by  66;  Williams  College  by  12;  and  Yale  University  by 
74.  The  Graduate  School  of  Business  Administration  is 
the  newest  of  these  professional  schools,  having  been  estab- 
lished in  1908.  In  1912-13  this  School  had  102  students 
drawn  from  22  states,  and  5  students  from  four  foreign 
countries,  namely,  Japan,  France,  China,  and  Canada. 

Harvard  University  maintains  a  Chapel  in  which  daily 
morning  prayers  and  Sunday  morning  services  are  conducted, 


PREFACE  15 

and  a  Board  of  five  Preachers  which  always  contains  represen- 
tatives of  several  different  denominations.  Attendance  at 
Chapel  has  been  voluntary  since  1886,  but  all  the  services  are 
well  attended,  and  a  strong  religious  spirit  prevails  among  the 
attendants.  The  University  also  maintains  a  Divinity  or 
Theological  School  in  which  various  denominations  are  repre- 
sented among  both  the  teachers  and  the  students.  This 
School  not  only  provides  for  the  scientific  study  of  the  usual 
theological  subjects,  but  also  prepares  young  men  for  the 
practical  work  of  the  ministry.  The  attitude  of  the  Uni- 
versity toward  the  different  denominations  of  Christians 
being  one  of  complete  toleration,  it  cannot  sympathize  with 
any  exclusive  dogma,  ritual,  or  polity,  and  inevitably  prefers 
the  freedom  of  the  church  polity  called  Congregational  —  a 
natural  feeling  in  an  institution  which  was  founded  by  Congre- 
gationalists,  and  was  carried  on  exclusively  by  that  denomi- 
nation for  a  century  and  a  half.  The  Phillips  Brooks  House 
is  the  centre  of  the  students'  religious  and  philanthropic 
activities.  The  House  is  used  by  different  students'  societies, 
each  of  which  is  standing  for  some  definite  religious  doctrine  or 
ideal,  but  all  of  which  are  cooperating  in  social  service.  Among 
these  societies  are  the  St.  Paul's  Catholic  Club,  the  Harvard 
University  Christian  Association,  the  St.  Paul's  Society  for 
students  who  belong  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
the  Harvard-Andover  Divinity  Club,  the  Menorah  Society 
(Jewish),  and  the  Harvard  Mission.  Whatever  the  religious 
nurture  of  the  young  newcomer  to  the  University  may  have 
been,  he  will  surely  find  an  appropriate  religious  organization 
among  the  students,  and  a  church  of  his  family's  faith  ready 
to  welcome  him.  The  Boston  churches  as  \vell  as  those  of 
Cambridge  make  students  welcome. 

During  the  first  hundred  and  seventy-four  years  of  the 
existence  of  Harvard  University,  it  was  fostered  by  the  Colony, 
Province,  and  State  by  contributions  to  the  cost  of  buildings 
and  small  appropriations  of  money  toward  its  annual  expenses. 
Since  1810,  however,  Massachusetts  has  made  no  direct  con- 
tributions to  Harvard;  so  that  the  University  has  relied 
exclusively  on  students'  fees,  the  income  of  endowments 


16  PREFACE 

derived  from  private  persons,  and  gifts  for  immediate  use. 
It  appears  from  the  .experience  of  the  last  hundred  years 
that  these  methods  of  support,  combined  with  the  privilege 
of  exemption  from  taxation,  can  be  trusted  in  this  country 
to  maintain  an  institution  of  the  first  class  generation  after 
generation;  and  that  the  graduates  of  such  an  institution 
can  hold  their  own  in  regard  to  professional  success  and  public 
serviceableness  in  competition  with  the  graduates  of  any 
other  institution  of  higher  education  however  supported. 

CHARLES  W.  ELIOT. 

7th  August,  1913. 


EDITOR'S  NOTE 

THE  difficulty  in  obtaining  information  about  Harvard,  which  many 
men  now  in  the  University  have  at  one  time  experienced,  led  to 
the  formation  of  the  Harvard  Federation  of  Territorial  Clubs.  One 
of  the  purposes  of  this  organization  of  over  one  thousand  members  is 
to  give  the  information  to  others  which  they  themselves  had  wanted 
when  they  were  thinking  of  coming  to  college.  And  this  little 
volume  is  the  medium  through  which  the  fellows  in  school  can 
learn  of  the  life  and  doings  of  Harvard  undergraduates  from  repre- 
sentative men  in  college. 

It  is  a  personal  message  from  the  man  who  is  in  Harvard  and 
knows,  to  the  man  who  is  coming  to  college  and  wants  to  know. 


CHAPTER  I 

THE  HARVARD  FEDERATION  OF  TERRITORIAL  CLUBS 

J.  B.  LANGSTAFF,  '13 

Home  address,  19  Seventh  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Prepared  at  Erasmus  Hall 
High  School,  Brooklyn.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  President,  Har- 
vard Federation  of  Territorial  Clubs;  Chairman,  Board  of  Associate  Editors  of  the 
Illustrated  Magazine;  President,  Brooklyn  Association;  Chairman,  Chapel  Com- 
mittee, St.  Paul's  Society;  Chairman,  Undergraduate  Committee  on  the  Revision 
of  the  Hymnal ;  Territorial  Secretary  of  Committee  on  Organizations  of  the  Student 
Council;  Chairman,  Territorial  Committee  of  Harvard  Union.  Musical  Club, 
Cotton  Mather  Club,  Brooklyn  Association,  Dramatic  Club,  Speakers'  Club,  St. 
Paul's  Society,  Freshman  Glee  Club,  Conversazione  Society,  Union,  University 
Choir,  Progressive  Club,  Press  Association,  Chairman,  Committee  of  Pageant  for 
Hollis  Hall,  Memorial  Society. 

ALTHOUGH  a  man  may  have  few  friends  or  acquaintances  when  he 
first  arrives  at  Harvard,  there  are  many  fellow  students  who  could 
make  him  feel  less  a  stranger  because  they  have  grown  up  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  home.  However  varied  their  tastes  may  be,  there 
is  a  certain  bond  of  sympathy,  a  certain  common  ground  for  con- 
versation and  comment,  which  does  away  with  much  of  the  usual 
embarrassment  of  becoming  acquainted.  This  same  group  of  men 
understand  from  their  previous  experience  just  what  problems  and 
difficulties  arise  for  the  man  coming  to  Harvard  from  their  part  of 
the  world.  They  are  able  therefore  to  introduce  the  new  man  to 
the  unfamiliar  conditions  of  Harvard  life  and  advise  him  wisely 
about  his  future  plans.  Moreover,  students  who  expect  to  leave 
Cambridge  to  take  up  work  at  home  will  find  it  pleasant  and  advan- 
tageous to  have  known  each  other  in  college.  For  these  and  other 
reasons  about  thirty  groups  of  students  have  organized  themselves 
into  what  are  known  as  territorial  clubs  and  these  clubs  in  turn 
have  joined  in  the  formation  of  the  Harvard  Federation  of  Terri- 
torial Clubs. 

In  historic  times  the  Freshmen  were  made  to  "  fag  "  for  upper 
classmen,  later  they  were  hazed,  and  more  recently  they  were 
ignored.  But  now  the  importance  of  assisting  and  guiding  the  Fresh- 
men has  been  realized  by  the  Faculty  and  upper  classmen.  Such 
institutions  as  the  Senior  and  Faculty  advisers,  receptions,  and  lec- 
tures have  their  use,  but  organized  groups  of  men  from  the  Fresh- 

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man's  own  part  of  the  country  are  invaluable.  The  result  has  been 
that  most  territorial  clubs  hold  a  special  meeting  at  the  opening  of 
the  year  to  welcome  new  men. 

Students  from  the  following  territories  have  organized  themselves 
in  more  or  less  active  groups :  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Colorado, 
Ohio,  Wisconsin,  Indiana,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Oregon, 


TERRITORIAL    ROOM 

HEADQUARTERS    OF    THE    HARVARD   FEDERATION    OF    TERRITORIAL    CLUBS    IN    THE    UNION 

Washington  State,  California,  Texas,  Cotton  Belt  States,  West  Vir- 
ginia, Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Canada,  Buffalo,  Long 
Island,  Chicago,  Kansas  City,  and  in  Massachusetts,  Concord,  Fall 
River,  Fitchburg,  Maiden,  Medford,  and  Worcester.  The  effective- 
ness of  this  Federation  to  which  more  than  one  thousand  men  belong 
accounts  for  its  rapid  growth.  The  territorial  club  not  only  serves 
as  a  means  of  social  intercourse  at  Harvard,  but  it  also  purposes  to 
make  clear  to  fellows  who  intend  to  come  to  college  the  advantages 
and  requirements  of  Harvard.  The  attractively  equipped  head- 
quarters of  the  Federation,  where  the  constituent  clubs  hold  their 
meetings,  dances,  and  dinners,  is  in  the  Harvard  Union,  and  it  is 
possible  to  reach  any  of  the  clubs  at  this  address  or  through  the 
secretaries  whose  addresses  are  given  at  the  end  of  this  book.  The 
clubs  hold  themselves  at  the  service  of  anybody  who  desires  such 
information  concerning  the  University  as  the  students  can  give. 


CHAPTER  II 

SCHOLARSHIP 

D.  E.  DUNBAR,  '13 

Home  address,  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  Prepared  at  Central  High  School, 
Springfield.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Second  Marshal,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  1912-13;  Editorial  Chairman,  Crimson,  1912-13;  Vice-President,  Wilson 
Club,  1912;  Chairman,  Student  Council  Committee  on  Scholarship,  1912-13. 
Bowditch  Scholarship,  1910-11;  Price  Greenleaf  Scholarship,  1911-12;  Richard 
Augustine  Gambrill  Scholarship,  1912-13;  Ricardo  Prize,  1912;  Detur,  1910;  First 
Group  Scholarship,  1910-11,  1911-12,  1912-13;  Honorable  Mention  for  Bowdoin 
Prize,  1911,  1912.  Signet  Society,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Advocate,  Crimson,  Student 
Council,  Speakers'  Club,  University  Register,  Committee  on  Sesquicentennial  Cele- 
bration of  Hollis  Hall. 

THE  four  years  spent  in  college  comprise  the  formative  period  of 
a  man's  life.  The  habits  formed  and  the  faculties  developed  then 
are  the  foundation  for  future  usefulness.  These  four  years  of  col- 
lege are  not  an  isolated  period  during  which  the  individual  may  give 
himself  up  entirely  to  fun  and  play  and  after  which  he  may  turn 
suddenly  to  professional  or  business  endeavor  with  the  guarantee  of 
success.  Those  who  have  neglected  their  academic  opportunities 
always  find  themselves  handicapped  in  the  real  competition  of  life. 
The  community  supports  a  college  because  its  function  is  to  teach 
men  to  think,  to  foster  learning,  and  to  add  to  the  store  of  human 
knowledge  accumulated  through  the  ages.  This  being  the  purpose  of 
a  college,  no  such  institution  can  thrive  unless  scholarship  is  its  main 
concern.  Therefore,  through  loyalty  to  college  and  duty  to  com- 
munity, the  young  men  who  have  the  opportunity  for  a  higher 
education  should  understand  and  improve  it. 

Students  come  to  Harvard  with  diverse  notions  as  to  what  they 
want  to  do.  A  great,  many  come  to  study;  a  larger  number  win 
distinction  in  the  various  activities  of  college  life;  and,  unfortu- 
nately, too  many  intend  to  enter  merely  to  enjoy  the  "  best  time 
ever."  It  is  well  to  come  to  Harvard  with  the  determination  to  do 
something;  it  is  better  to  come  with  mind  set  on  studies  before  all 
else;  it  is  despicable  to  come  to  loaf. 

When  a  Freshman  enters  college  he  is  immature  and  generally 
undecided;  consequently  his  actions  must  be  guided.  To  this  end 
a  modified  form  of  the  elective  svstem  has  been  devised  bv  Presi- 


22  HARVARD  OF  TODAY 

dent  Lowell.  Under  the  unrestricted  elective  system,  many  students 
sought  to  evade  serious  work  and  consequently  acquired  what  may 
be  termed  a  "  blind  alley  "  education.  They  elected  courses  merely 
because  they  were  notoriously  easy,  and  they  followed  no  consecu- 


A.   LAWRENCE   LOWELL 

PRESIDENT  OF  HARVARD  UNIVERSITY 


tive  or  rational  plan  of  study.  With  the  new  plan  of  concentration 
in  one  field  of  study  and  the  distribution  of  other  courses  in  allied 
fields,  the  opportunity  is  presented  to  each  student  to  plan  from 
the  beginning  a  logical  outline  for  his  work  during  the  ensuing  four 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  23 

years.     To  follow  the  new  plan  in  spirit  as  well  as  in  letter  will  give 
the  maximum  of  profit  and  satisfaction. 

An  academic  innovation  adopted  in  several  departments  amounts 
to  a  partial  application  of  the  preceptorial  system.  This  aims  to 
place  the  supervision  of  the  student's  study  in  the  hands  of  a  young 
and  experienced  teacher  who  can  analyze  the  needs  of  his  few  pupils 
and  supply  them.  Thus  a  close  personal  friendship  should  develop 


EMERSON    HALL 

INTERIOR  OF  ONE  OF  THE  LARGE  LECTURE  ROOMS 

between  the  preceptor  and  student,  and  this  should  give  the  stu- 
dent a  stronger  incentive  to  become  interested  and  active  in  his 
field  of  study.  Futhermore,  this  plan  provides  for  a  set  of  oral 
examinations  at  the  end  of  the  college  course  instead  of  a  written 
examination  in  each  individual  course.  At  the  present  time  almost 
all  students  tend  to  regard  their  courses  as  isolated  from  one  another 
and  do  not  seek  to  correlate  those  lying  in  the  same  field.  The 
result  is  a  disjointed  and  cellular  mass  of  information.  The  aim  of 
the  provision  for  oral  examination  on  a  particular  field  of  study, 


24  HARVARD   OF  TODAY 

for  instance,  modern  history  or  economics,  is  to  ensure  a  proper 
coordination  by  the  student  of  the  knowledge  gained  in  all  his 
courses  in  that  field.  The  introduction  of  the  concentration  plan 
has  already  raised  the  standard  of  scholarship  appreciably;  the  pro- 
posed scheme  of  preceptors  and  oral  examination  will  accomplish  a 
great  deal  more. 

While  the  true  reward  for  good  scholarship  lies  in  the  intangible 
mental  resources  gained,  there  are  plenty  of  material  prizes  to  be 
won  for  distinction  in  academic  work.  In  the  first  place  there  are 
two  groups  of  scholars:  the  first  is  composed  of  students  of  very 


MASSACHUSETTS  HALL  AND  HARVARD  HALL 

WINTER  SCENE  IN  THE  YARD 

high  standard;  and  the  second,  made  up  of  students  who  have  done 
excellent  work,  but  failed  to  make  the  higher  group.  Admission  to 
these  groups  is  based  on  the  previous  year's  work.  To  win  a  posi- 
tion in  the  first,  a  Freshman  must  earn  four  ^4's  and  one  B;  an 
upper  classman,  three  and  one-half  A's  and  one-half  B.  For  the 
second  group  the  minimum  requirement  varies,  but  is  usually  two 
A's  and  two  B's. 

Every  member  of  the  two  groups  receives  a  scholarship,  either 
beneficiary  or  honorary,  the  latter,  provided  he  is  not  dependent 
upon  aid  for  his  education.  There  are  a  large  number  of  scholar- 
ships with  stipends,  ranging  in  amount  from  $525  down  to  $200,  or 
less.  Three  of  the  scholarships  with  stipend  deserve  special  em- 
phasis. First,  the  Jacob  Wendell  Scholarship  of  $250  is  a  prize  and 
is  bestowed  upon  the  leading  scholar  of  the  Sophomore  class;  the 
Saltonstall  Scholarship  of  $525  is  awarded  to  the  student  of  highest 
standing  in  the  Junior  class;  and  the  Richard  Augustine  Gambrill 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  25 

Scholarship  of  $525  goes  to  the  leading  scholar  of  the  College,  who 
is,  of  course,  a  member  of  the  Senior  class.  To  win  one  of  these 
scholarships  is  a  worthy  distinction. 

In  addition  to  the  many  scholarships  are  the  prizes.  Several 
of  these  are  very  old  foundations,  and  lists  of  winners  during  years 
past  are  replete  with  the  names  of  famous  men.  Among  these 
prizes  the  oldest  is  the  Detur,  which  consists  of  an  elegantly  bound 
work  of  some  great  author  and  bears  the  seal  of  the  University. 


RADCLIFFE    COLLEGE 

THE  COLLEGE  FOR  GTRLS  WHICH  IS  AFFILIATED  WITH  HARVARD 

Deturs  are  given  only  to  members  of  the  First  Group.  Perhaps 
the  most  renowned  of  the  prizes  are  the  Bowdoin  Prizes,  given 
for  dissertations  in  English,  Greek,  and  Latin.  A  very  large  num- 
ber of  essays  are  submitted  in  competition  for  them  and  the  winning 
contributions  are  often  works  of  unusual  merit.  The  first  prize  for 
the  English  dissertation  is  $250;  and  the  two  second  awards  are 
$100  each.  In  the  Economics  Department  the  principal  prize  is 
the  Ricardo,  often  given  to  Juniors,  Seniors,  and  Graduates.  In 
the  division  of  History,  the  Philip  Washburn  Prize;  in  Comparative 
Literature,  the  Potter  Prizes;  in  Public  Speaking,  the  Boylston 
Prizes:  all  are  rewards  of  high  merit. 

These  scholarships  and  prizes  form  a  pyramid  of  academic  honors ; 
at  the  top  is  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  That  election  to  this  society  is  the 
highest  distinction  one  can  win  in  college  is  common  opinion.  The 
organization  has  existed  now  for  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
years,  and  during  this  long  period  has  always  upheld  the  laudable 
ideals  of  scholarship  and  character.  Ejection  to  the  Harvard 
Chapter,  the  Alpha  of  Massachusetts,  may  come  in  the  Junior 
or  Senior  year.  The  College  office  submits  annually  to  the  secre- 
tary a  list  of  the  highest  twelve  men  in  the  Junior  class,  and  one 


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of  the  highest  forty -four  from  the  Senior  class.  From  the  former, 
eight  are  chosen  and  they  comprise  the  Junior  Eight;  from  the 
latter  twenty-two  are  elected.  The  electing  is  done  by  the  Junior 
Eight  of  the"  previous  year  and  is  very  closely  supervised  by  a 
committee  of  graduates,  of  whom  President  Lowell  is  chairman. 
Scholarship  and  high  character  are  the  sole  determinants  of  elec- 
tion. In  addition  to  the  thirty  men  selected  from  each  class  in 


JOSIAH    QUINCY    PRESENTING    THE    DIPLOMA 

this  way,  ten  more  are  chosen  toward  the  end  of  the  Senior  year, 
to  include  men  who  during  their  four  years  of  college  work  have 
shown  themselves  worthy  of  the  honor,  but  have  failed  to  attain 
it  through  some  circumstances  not  derogatory;  and  to  include  those 
who  win  high  distinctions  and  prizes  at  the  end  of  their  course. 

It  is  very  true  that  every  young  man  of  brain  and  energy  wishes 
to  enter  into  the  life  and  activity  of  his  college.  Some  assert  that 
to  follow  the  thorny  and  rocky  path  of  scholarship  means  isolation, 
disappointment,  and  finally  alienation  from  the  real  world.  Such 
is  far  from  the  truth.  Not  only  is  the  path  of  learning  not  thorny 


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and  rocky,  it  is  verdant  and  invigorating,  once  access  is  made. 
Truly,  in  the  midst  of  the  hundreds  of  teeming  activities  of  Harvard 
undergraduate  life,  with  your  fellows  and  your  predilections  calling 
in  all  directions,  it  is  hard  to  start  on  the  difficult  path  of  study. 
But  it  is  the  path  of  duty.  Your  college  exists  to  train  the  mind; 
it  opens  to  you  the  gate  to  the  fields  of  learning  cultivated  through 
all  ages,  where  ideas  grow  and  thrive,  and  where  ground  is  waiting 
for  others  to  be  sown.  The  world  beyond,  the  active  machine,  is 
fed  and  run  by  the  ideas  grown  here;  ever  increasing,  it  demands  a 
larger  and  larger  crop.  Enter  then,  youth  of  Harvard,  and  your 
service  will  be  worthy  and  our  College  ever  great. 


CHAPTER  III 

RELIGIOUS  LIFE 

W.  L.  USTICK,  '13 

Home  address,  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  Prepared  at  Ferguson  High  School,  Ferguson, 
Missouri,  and  University  of  Missouri.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  At 
University  of  Missouri  one  year.  Secretary,  Christian  Association,  1911-12;  Vice- 
President,  Christian  Association,  1912-13;  Secretary,  Glee  Club,  1912-13;  Editor, 
Register,  1912-13;  Chairman,  Student  Council  Committee  on  Organizations,  1913; 
Chairman,  Information  Bureau,  Phillips  Brooks  House,  1912.  Freshman  Crew 
Squad,  1910;  Dormitory  and  Weld  Boat  Club  Crews,  1910-11.  Freshman  Glee 
Club,  University  Glee  Club,  Christian  Association,  University  Choir,  Speakers' 
Club,  Deutscher  Verein. 

THE  religious  life  of  Harvard  is  somewhat  undemonstrative,  but 
this  quality  indicates  reserve  rather  than  indifference.  The  oppor- 
tunities for  the  expression  of  the  religious  spirit  are  many.  First, 
there  is  the  Chapel,  with  its  Sunday  morning  service,  and  its  brief 
prayer  service  at  the  beginning  of  each  day.  Then  there  are  the 
many  churches  in  Cambridge  and  Boston,  of  all  denominations, 
whose  doors  are  ever  open  to  the  student.  Finally,  there  is  Phillips 
Brooks  House,  dedicated  to  "  piety,  charity,  hospitality,"  which  aims 
to  unite  all  religious  and  philanthropic  activities  in  the  University. 

The  University  Chapel  offers  an  undenominational  service,  con- 
ducted by  men  of  all  communions  and  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Each  preacher  conducts  service  on  Sundays  and  week-days  through- 
out his  ministration.  The  men  are  chosen  for  their  ability  as 
preachers,  their  scholarship  and  breadth  of  view,  and  their  religious 
fervor.  Besides  conducting  services,  the  preachers  have  regular 
hours  each  day  when  they  are  glad  to  meet  students  personally,  to 
advise  with  them  or  talk  over  any  matters  in  which  they  may  be 
interested.  It  is  a  rare  privilege  to  meet  such  men  in  this  way,  and 
it  is  coming  to  be  appreciated  by  more  and  more  students  each 
year. 

The  services  in  Chapel  are  designed  primarily  for  young  men. 
Only  students  and  members  of  the  Faculty  attend  the  morning 
prayer  service,  and  even  on  Sundays  there  is  but  a  limited  provision 
made  for  the  public.  Consequently,  the  speaker  does  not  feel  that 
he  must  address  his  sermon  to  a  miscellaneous  gathering  of  people 
of  all  ages  and  from  all  stations  of  life;  the  student  body  is  suffi- 

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ciently  homogeneous  to  allow  him  to  speak  to  it  as  to  one  man,  and 
the  gain  in  directness  and  in  contact  of  personality  is  immeasur- 
able. An  important  part  of  the  service  is  the  music.  The  choir, 
which  is  one  of  the  best  men  choirs  in  the  country,  is  made  up 
entirely  of  students,  and  is  under  the  direction  of  a  member  of  the 
Faculty.  The  music  presented  is  of  the  very  highest  quality.  In- 
deed, many  of  the  selections  are  never  given  elsewhere,  even  in  our 


UNIVERSITY    CHAPEL 

VIEW    FROM    TOWER    OF   MEMORIAL    HALL 

largest  city  churches.     The  congregation,  the  minister,  the  music,  - 
everything,  —  make  for  a  spirit  of  healthy  manliness. 

Even  more  important  than  the  Sunday  service,  in  some  ways, 
are  the  daily  prayers.  This  service  comes  at  a  quarter  to  nine  in 
the  morning,  and  lasts  but  fifteen  minutes:  thus  men  who  attend 
it  are  able  to  be  on  time  for  nine  o'clock  classes.  A  great  many  men 
find  attendance  at  daily  prayers  an  excellent  preparation  for  the 
day's  work.  It  is  as  well  rounded  a  service  as  could  be  held  in  the 
brief  time  allotted  to  it.  The  sincere  and  spontaneous  spirit  of 
worship  which  pervades  the  place  makes  "daily  Chapel,"  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  lives  of  many  students. 

Besides  the  daily  and  weekly  services,  there  are  two  very  im- 
portant occasional  services:  the  annual  Freshman  Service,  and 
the  celebration  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  The  former  is  held  in  the 


30  HARVARD  OF  TODAY 

Chapel  for  the  entire  Freshman  Class,  and  President  Lowell  and 
several  members  of  the  Faculty  speak.  It  was  originated  by  one 
of  the  classes  a  few  years  ago,  and  is  now  an  established  custom. 
The  Lord's  Supper  is  celebrated  at  least  once  a  year  in  the  Chapel. 
It  is  only  for  students,  and  for  the  members  of  the  Faculty  who 
officiate.  The  service  was  instituted  a  few  years  ago,  in  response 
to  a  petition  signed  by  some  two  hundred  students,  —  another 
indication  of  the  quiet  but  none  the  less  earnest  religious  spirit 
of  Harvard. 

Although  a  large  part  of  the  student  body  makes  the  University 
Chapel  the  regular  place  for  its  worship,  there  are  always  some 
men  who  prefer  to  be  identified  with  a  church  of  their  own  denomi- 
nation. To  such  men,  the  churches  of  Cambridge  and  Boston 
extend  a  hearty  welcome.  Many  of  them  make  a  special  effort 
to  include  students  in  their  congregations,  and  to  that  end  have 
Bible  classes  especially  designed  for  college  men,  and  provide  for 
social  life  among  the  younger  people  of  the  church.  In  this  way, 
students  who  are  in  Cambridge  for  the  first  time  find  an  opportu- 
nity to  meet  Cambridge  and  Boston  people,  and  are  given  an  outlet 
for  the  natural  desire  for  social  intercourse. 

Phillips  Brooks  House  is  the  other  center  of  religious  life  in  the 
University,  and  in  a  sense  it  represents  even  more  than  the  Chapel 
the  interests  of  the  students.  Brooks  House  was  built  in  1900  to 
bring  together  the  various  religious  and  philanthropic  societies 
in  the  University,  to  provide  them  with  facilities  for  carrying  on 
their  work,  and  to  bring  into  closer  communion  men  interested  in 
the  same  things.  The  expense  of  maintaining  the  House  is  met 
with  money  contributed  by  students,  graduates,  and  members 
of  the  Faculty,  and  in  part  by  the  endowment  fund  of  Phillips  Brooks 
House.  The  work  of  the  House  is  carried  on  by  students,  under 
the  general  direction  of  a  permanent  Graduate  Secretary;  but  his 
supervision  is  of  a  very  general  nature,  and  it  is  still  true  that 
Brooks  House  is  distinctly  a  student  institution,  owing  its  very 
existence  to  the  constant  demand  which  it  is  intended  to  meet. 

Brooks  House  is  absolutely  non-sectarian.  Its  roof  shelters 
men  of  every  creed,  and  discriminates  between  them  only  as  they 
choose  to  join  themselves  with  one  or  other  of  the  various  groups 
of  men  who  are  trying  to  realize  certain  definite  ideals.  It  is  a 
striking  example  of  the  cooperation  which  the  churches  throughout 
Christendom  are  coming  to  find  so  effective. 


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31 


The  chief  interests  of  Brooks  House  may  be  divided  into  three 
classes:  "  religious,"  which  emphasize  man's  relation  to  God; 
"  philanthropic,"  which  lay  stress  on  man's  relation  to  his  fellows 
in  the  outside  world;  and  "social,"  which  relate  more  particularly 
to  fellowship  among  the  men  who  are  connected  with  Brooks  House. 

The  "  religious "  interests  include  meetings  for  worship  and 
discussion  of  religious  matters,  and  Bible  study.  The  Harvard 
University  Christian  Association,  one  of  the  groups  of  men  within 


r 


» 


, 


PHILLIPS    BROOKS    HOUSE 


the  larger  association,  has  meetings  every  Sunday  morning  before 
Chapel,  with  occasionally  a  special  meeting  in  the  evening  to  which 
some  prominent  speaker  is  invited.  The  weekly  meetings,  which 
are  open  to  all  members  of  the  University,  are  devotional  in  char- 
acter and  are  for  the  discussion  of  religious  problems.  The  St. 
Paul's  Society,  which  includes  all  men  in  the  University  who  are 
members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  also  has  weekly  de- 
votional meetings,  on  Wednesday  evenings,  and  occasional  special 
meetings.  Other  groups  within  the  Brooks  House  Association, 
which  have  their  own  meetings,  are:  the  St.  Paul's  Catholic  Club, 


32  HARVARD  OF  TODAY 

the  Harvard-Andover  Divinity   Club,   the  Harvard  Mission,   the 
Graduate  Schools  Society,  and  the  Law  School  Society. 

Bible  study  is  carried  on  by  series  of  conferences  held  once  a 
week,  under  the  direction  of  members  of  the  Faculty,  or  even  more 
informally,  in  the  students'  rooms  for  the  systematic  discussion  of 
whatever  problems  happen  to  interest  the  particular  group.  These 
"classes,"  by  bringing  men  of  all  beliefs  and  all  types  of  mind  into 


PHILLIPS    BROOKS 

AS  A  STUDENT  AT  HARVARD 


closer  relationship  with  one  another,  foster  a  spirit  of  tolerance  and 
broad-mindedness  which  could  be  attained  in  hardly  any  other  way. 
We  have  called  those  activities  which  have  to  do  with  man's 
relation  to  man,  the  "  philanthropic  "  activities.  There  is  per- 
haps more  emphasis  placed  upon  this  phase  of  the  work  done  at 
Brooks  House,  than  upon  any  other.  The  spirit  of  service  to 
one's  fellow  men,  which  is  the  turn  that  Harvard's  religion  takes, 
finds  expression  in  many  kinds  of  activity,  loosely  ranged  under 
the  term  "  social  service."  This  includes  every  kind  of  service, 
from  giving  entertainments  at  settlement  houses  in  Boston  and 
neighboring  towns,  to  conducting  boys'  clubs,  carrying  on  juvenile 


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court  work,  teaching  foreigners,  tutoring  working  boys  for  college, 
collecting  cast-off  clothing  from  students  and  distributing  it  through 
charitable  institutions,  to  needy  families,  —  besides  a  host  of  other 
things  too  numerous  to  mention.  The  student  who  has  a  little 
spare  time  at  his  disposal,  and  desires  to  express  his  love  for  his 
fellows  in  really  useful  service,  need  not  fear  for  lack  of  opportunity. 
Men  who  undertake  this  kind  of  work  not  only  aid  materially  the 
people  with  whom  they  work,  but  also  gain  an  insight  into  social 
conditions  which  may  influence  the  entire  trend  of  their  lives. 
Contact  with  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men,  through  social  ser- 
vice, often  broadens  the  student  more  than  any  amount  of  purely 
academic  work  could  do,  and  makes  him  better  fit  to  be  of  service 
to  his  community  after  college. 

The  "  social  "  activities  of  Brooks  House  are  each  year  coming 
to  claim  the  attention  of  increasing  numbers  of  men.  First,  there 
is  the  fall  work  among  new  students  in  the  University,  which  con- 
sists in  looking  after  men  who  have  just  come  to  Cambridge,  and 
trying  to  make  them  feel  at  home  in  their  strange  surroundings. 
Quite  in  the  same  spirit  is  the  reception  to  new  students  early  in 
the  autumn,  in  Brooks  House,  where  the  members  of  the  incoming 
Freshman  class  gather  for  a  social  evening,  and  listen  to  brief  talks 
by  prominent  upper  classmen,  and  by  members  of  the  Faculty. 
There  are  also  meetings  of  a  social  nature  held  by  the  different 
societies  in  Brooks  House,  for  their  own  members;  and  on  Thanks- 
giving and  Christmas  nights,  the  House  entertains  all  members  of 
the  University  who  care  to  be  present.  Besides  these  opportuni- 
ties for  fellowship,  the  University  provides  an  important  means  of 
stimulating  social  intercourse  through  weekly  receptions  at  Brooks 
House,  on  Friday  afternoons.  Members  of  the  Faculty  and  their 
families  receive  informally,  and  all  members  of  the  University  are 
invited  to  be  present.  Thus  does  Phillips  Brooks  House  realize 
its  purpose,  expressed  in  the  motto:  "Piety,  charity,  hospitality." 

The  College  Chapel,  the  many  churches  of  all  denominations  in 
Cambridge  and  Boston,  and  the  Phillips  Brooks  House:  these  are 
the  forces  which  make  for  religion,  righteousness  and  social  service, 
in  Harvard  University. 


CHAPTER  IV 

ATHLETICS 
DAILY  EXERCISE 

ONE  of  the  important  factors  in  an  undergraduate's  life  is  his  daily 
exercise.  The  man  who  prefers  to  take  his  exercise  outside  the 
regular  college  sports  has  no  end  of  natural  resources  to  satisfy 
his  desire.  The  canoes  and  wherries  of  the  University  boat  houses 
are  convenient  for  boating  on  the  Charles,  and  in  half  an  hour 
it  is  possible  to  reach  the  beautiful  stream  of  which  Hawthorne 
speaks,  winding  through  the  hills,  past  the  Old  Manse  and  under 


CALISTHENICS    IN   THE    HEMENWAY    GYMNASIUM 

the  Concord  Bridge  where  the  first  shot  of  the  Revolution  was  fired. 
The  historic  country  about  Cambridge  is  ideal  for  long  tramps. 

The  facilities  used  by  the  men  who  are  training  for  the  teams  are 
practically  always  open  to  any  members  of  the  University.  Sol- 
diers' Field,  which  covers  an  extensive  level  acreage  on  the  other 
side  of  the  river  from  the  University,  is  the  scene  of  most  of  the 
outdoor  events.  Here  are  the  cement  stadium,  which  has  seated 


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over  40,000  spectators,  the  baseball  stands,  the  locker  building 
and  the  baseball  cage.  The  cinder  track,  the  jumping  pits,  the 
lacrosse  and  soccer  fields,  and  numerous  tennis  courts  are  also 
given  space  in  the  same  field.  Beyond  the  Hemenway  Gymnasium, 
where  appropriate  apparatus  is  provided  for  basket  ball,  wrestling, 
calisthenics,  etc.,  are  the  majority  of  the  tennis  courts. 

FOOTBALL 

R.  T.  P.  STOKER,  '14 

Home  address,  286  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Prepared  at  Noble  and 
Greenough  School.  Captain,  University  Football  Team,  1913-1914.  Fly  Club, 
Kalumet  Club,  Varsity  Club,  Institute  of  1770,  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  etc. 

Football  is  a  game,  and  as  a  game,  it  should  be  played  in  the 
same  spirit  and  with  the  same  sense  of  clean  play  and  fairness  that 
characterize  all  sports.  Now,  mixed  with  this  idea  of  fair  play, 


- 


FOOTBALL    IN    THE    STADIUM 

there  should  be  a  strong  bond  of  spirit  —  spirit  that  will  make  each 
man  do  his  utmost  individually,  and  spirit  that  will  make  the  eleven 
men  act  and  work  as  a  unit.  When  a  team  can  once  get  this  idea 
of  enthusiasm  it  is  on  the  road  to  success.  The  minor  points  come 
easily  then,  team  play  develops  of  itself,  and  the  team  acquires  a 
feeling  of  confidence.  Nothing  will  come  without  good  hard  work. 
A  fellow  should  never  go  out  for  a  team  without  the  full  intention 
of  making  it,  or  at  least,  of  doing  his  very  best.  If  he  does  not 
succeed,  it  is  only  because  another  fellow  has  done  better  than  his 
best. 


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Some  men  go  out  for  a  team  just  to  show  a  little  spirit.  If  the 
coach  does  not  pay  much  attention  to  them  in  the  early  practice, 
they  soon  feel  discouraged  and  "  quit."  Others  go  out  with  little 
expectation  of  making  the  team,  but  with  every  idea  of  doing  their 
best  to  help  their  team,  and  incidentally,  themselves,  They  are 
always  there  when  practice  is  called,  they  pay  close  attention  to 
what  the  coach  tells  them,  and  they  listen  carefully  to  pick  up 


PRACTICE 

points  when  the  coach  is  criticising  others.  They  may  be  put  on 
the  second  team  for  two  seasons,  but  in  the  end  they  will  get  their 
chance.  Still  others  may  be  pretty  good  players  who  think  they 
are  sure  of  the  team.  They  loaf  in  practice,  they  loaf  off  the  field, 
and  they  loaf  in  their  rooms.  Such  men  end  by  being  displaced 
on  the  team  or  by  being  forbidden  to  play  on  the  team  because  of 
low  standing  in  studies.  Finally,  there  are  others  —  good  ath- 
letes — who  try  to  do  their  best  in  everything.  They  will  try  to 
help  the  next  man  and  give  him  suggestions.  When  a  question 
comes  up,  they  will  face  it.  Such  men  are  sure  to  succeed,  not 


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37 


only  in  school,  but  later.      They  never  shirk  responsibility  and  are 
natural  leaders. 

The  points  to  be  emphasized  are: 

(1)  Never  do  a  thing  without  the  full  intention  of  doing  it 

to  the  best  of  your  ability. 

(2)  Never  quit  until  you  are  dropped. 

(3)  Earn  the  right  to  play  on  your  teams  by  keeping  up  in 

your  studies. 

(4)  Never  rest  on  what  you  have  done:    always  look  to  the 

future  and  try  to  do  a  little  better  each  day. 
Candidates  for  the  University  Team  are  called  out  about  the 
middle  of  September.  For  the  first  four  or  five  days  the  work 
consists  of  getting  into  shape  for  the  hard  grind  ahead.  After 
college  begins,  practice  is  held  every  afternoon,  and  a  game  is  played 
every  Saturday  up  to  the  Yale  game.  For  the  Freshmen  the  work 
is  pretty  much  the  same.  Candidates  are  called  out  at  the  opening 
of  college  under  a  Senior  coach  with  men  of  experience  as  assistants. 
The  Freshman  schedule  includes  games  with  a  number  of  large 
preparatory  schools  such  as  Andover,  Exeter,  Groton,  and  Hill, 
and  other  Freshman  teams,  like  those  of  Cornell,  and  Yale. 


BASEBALL 

D.  J.  P.  WINGATE,  '14 

Home  address,  8  Stratford  Road,  Winchester,  Massachusetts.  Captain,  University 
Baseball  Team,  1912-13,  1913-14.  Delta  Upsilon,  Institute  of  1770,  Hasty  Pud- 
ding, etc. 

Baseball  requires  no  recommendation  to  Americans.  Suffice 
it  to  say  that  at  Harvard  it  receives  the  full  measure  of  interest 
and  enthusiasm  to  which  it  is  entitled  as  the  National  Game. 

The  baseball  season  at  Harvard  covers  a  period  of  about  six 
months.  In  the  fall,  regular  practice  begins  after  the  opening  of 


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college  and  continues  as  long  as  the  weather  permits.  All  men 
who  intend  to  try  for  the  University  team,  and  who  are  not  engaged 
in  other  sports  at  the  time,  are  expected  to  report  for  this  work. 
The  spring  practice  starts  in  the  cage  about  the  middle  of  February. 
Although  about  twenty  men  are  taken  on  a  trip  during  the  Easter 
vacation,  these  do  not  necessarily  comprise  the  first  squad  for  the 
whole  season.  They  are  the  men  who  have  shown  the  best  work 
up  to  that  time,  but  they  must  prove  their  fitness  to  remain  on  the 
squad.  The  University  team  begins  its  regular  schedule  after 
returning  from  this  trip.  Directly  after  the  Easter  vacation,  the 


BASEBALL    CAGE    ON    SOLDIERS'    FIELD 

second  team  is  organized  from  those  who  are  not  retained  on  the 
first  squad.  The  second  team  plays  a  regular  schedule  of  games, 
and  men  who  do  good  work  during  the  season  are  given  a  trial  for 
the  first  squad. 

Practice  for  the  Freshman  team  under  direction  of  a  capable 
player  is  held  at  the  same  period  as  that  for  the  University  team. 
The  squad  which  reports  in  February  is  cut  to  about  twenty  men  by 
the  middle  of  April,  when  its  schedule  is  opened.  The  schedule  of 
games  played  with  preparatory  schools  and  freshman  teams  is 
concluded  by  the  contest  with  the  Yale  freshmen.  In  addition 
to  the  regular  teams,  there  are  about  twenty  scrub  nines,  which 
play  a  series  of  games  among  themselves  for  the  Leiter  Cup. 

In  regard  to  the  men  who  make  the  University  and  Freshman 
teams,  much  might  be  said  of  interest  to  men  entering  college. 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  39 

Briefly  I  should  like  to  make  it  clear  that  the  positions  are  strictly 
competitive,  and  are  won  by  the  men  who  show  ability  and  im- 
provement. Statistics  show  that,  in  the  past  three  years,  just 
about  one-half  of  the  men  who  have  won  their  letters  in  baseball 
are  men  who  came  to  college  from  high  schools,  and  that  a  number 


INTERCOLLEGIATE    TRACK   MEET    IN   THE    STADIUM 

of  men  who  ultimately  played  on  the  team  had  been  brought  up 
from  the  second  squad  during  the  season. 


TRACK 

J.  B.  CL-MMINGS,  '13 

Home  address,  Fall  River,  Massachusetts.  Prepared  at  Stone's  School.  In  college 
four  years  as  undergraduate.  Class  Day  Committee;  Freshman  Track  Team; 
University  Track  Team,  1911,  1912,  1913;  Captain,  1913.  Institute  of  1770, 
D.  K.  E.,  Phoenix  Club,  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  Memorial  Society,  Student  Council, 
Stone's  Club,  Varsity  Club,  Union. 

To  men  who  are  interested  in  track  athletics,  Harvard  offers 
splendid  opportunities  for  development.      In  equipment  it  is  un- 


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surpassed,  for  the  track  and  jumping-pits  at  the  Stadium  are  gener- 
ally acknowledged  the  best  in  the  country.  To  obtain  greater 
efficiency  and  give  more  individual  attention,  two  coaches  are 
employed,  one  for  the  field  events  and  one  for  the  sprints  and  runs. 
Thus  there  is  every  chance  for  new  men  to  develop  into  first-class 
performers.  The  quality  that  counts  for  success  is  perseverance. 


CROSS    COUNTRY 

The  man  who  keeps  working  quietly  on  in  face  of  early  discourage- 
ment will  find  himself  at  last  one  of  those  on  whom  the  coaches 
have  come  to  depend. 

Fall  practice  begins  at  once  on  the  regular  track.  During  the 
winter,  the  field  event  men  and  hurdlers  work  in  the  baseball  cage, 
and  a  board  track  is  set  up  for  the  relay  runners.  These  runners 
compete  during  the  winter  with  Cornell  and  Yale  and  in  the  Inter- 
collegiate indoor  relay  championships  at  New  York.  To  accustom 
the  men  to  competition,  handicap  contests  in  the  field  events  are 
held  weekly  in  the  cage.  Throughout  the  winter,  also,  there  are 
numerous  indoor  meets  in  and  around  Boston  which  individual  men 
can  enter. 

In  the  spring  come  the  dual  meets  with  Cornell  and  Yale,  and 
the  Intercollegiat'es,  the  handicap,  consolation,  and  interclass  meets, 


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in  which  everybody  has  a  chance.      The  Freshman  track  team  is 
made  up  at  the  same  time  as  the  University  and  with  the  same 


OUTDOOR   BOARD    TRACK    IN    WINTER 

attention.      It  holds  meets  in  the  course  of  the  spring  season  with 
Andover  and  Exeter  and  with  the  Yale  freshmen. 


ROWING 

C.  T.  ABELES,  '13 

Home  address.  4140  Washington  Boulevard,  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  Prepared  at 
Smith  Academy,  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate. 
Treasurer,  Memorial  Society;  Class  Day  Committee;  Coxswain,  Freshman  Crew; 
Coxswain,  University  Crew,  1911-12,  1913  (Captain).  Student  Council,  1912-13, 
D.  K.  E.,  Institute  of  1770,  Western  Club,  Signet  Society,  Phoenix  Club,  Hasty 
Pudding  Club. 

Rowing  is  by  no  means  so  widespread  a  sport  as  football  or  base- 
ball. But  at  Harvard  it  occupies  an  important  position  in  the 
athletic  world  and  is  recognized,  along  with  the  other  so-called 
major  sports,  by  the  award  of  the  "  H  "  to  members  of  the  crew 
rowing  against  Yale. 


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In  its  requirements  rowing  is  probably  the  most  exacting  of  any  of 
the  athletic  activities  in  which  undergraduates  engage.  Its  train- 
ing season  is  long.  At  the  end  of  a  month's  rowing,  immediately 


ON    THE    CHARLES    RIVER 


after  the  opening  of  college,  there  is  an  intermission  up  to  the  first 
of  February,  when  a  general  call  for  candidates  is  issued.  The 
number  of  men  responding  to  this  call  for  candidates  for  the 


AT  RED  TOP  PRIOR  TO  THE  YALE  RACE  AT  NEW  LONDON 

University  and  Freshman  squads  is  usually  over  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five.  There  is,  of  course,  a  gradual  reduction  of  this  num- 
ber, until  the  final  selection  of  the  men  who  are  to  race  against 


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43 


Yale  late  in  June.  The  men  then  chosen  are  taken  to  New  London 
where  for  three  weeks  they  train  for  the  final  contests. 

There  is  one  point  of  distinction  between  rowing  and  the  other 
major  sports  which  makes  it  of  particular  interest  to  the  Freshman. 
Previous  experience  and  training  count  for  little  in  a  man's  chances 
of  success.  Statistics  show  that  almost  half  of  the  men  who  have 
rowed  in  University  crews  in  the  past  ten  years  have  never  had  an 
oar  in  their  hands  before  coming  to  college.  Their  success  is 
brought  about  by  a  well-established  system  of  dormitory  and  class 
rowing  whereby  inexperienced  men  may  learn  the  rudiments  of 
the  sport  under  competent  coaches.  Hence  the  competition  for 
crews  is  restricted  only  by  certain  physical  requirements,  the  bounds 
of  which  are  by  no  means  so  narrow  as  is  popularly  supposed. 

A  Freshman  who  goes  in  for  rowing  with  any  serious  purpose 
must,  however,  be  willing  to  endure  a  rigorous  course  of  training. 
Rowing,  more  than  any  other  sport,  demands  perseverance,  self- 
sacrifice,  and  courage.  And,  lest  the  Freshman  think  that  this  is 
too  much  to  ask  for  a  few  short  moments  of  competition,  let  him 
question  an  upper  classman  who  has  gone  through  the  New  London 
experience.  The  answer  will  invariably  be  in  favor  of  what  is  one 
of  the  greatest  of  college  activities. 


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HOCKEY 

H.  B.  GARDNER,  '13 

Home  address,  New  York  City.  Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  New 
Hampshire.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Athletic  Committee,  1912-13; 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Varsity  Club,  1912-13;  Governing  Board  of  the  Union, 
1912-13;  Executive  Committee,  Student  Council,  1912-13;  Editor  of  Freshman 
Red  Book;  Vice-President,  Junior  Class;  Third  Marshal,  Senior  Class;  Freshman 
Football  Team;  Captain,  Freshman  Hockey  Team;  University  Football  Team, 
1910,  1911,  1912;  University  Hockey  Team,  1912,  1913  (Captain).  St.  Paul's 
School  Club,  Phillips  Brooks  House,  Polo  Club,  Kalumet  Club,  O.  K.  Club,  Institute 
of  1770,  D.  K.  E.,  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  A.  D.  Club,  Memorial  Society. 

The  growing  importance  of  hockey  has  been  recognized  at  Har- 
vard by  its  elevation  to  the  rank  of  a  major  sport,  for  which  the 
regular  "  H  "  is  awarded.  Ample  facilities  for  practice  are  afforded 


HOCKEY    RINK    ON   JARVIS   FIELD 

by  the  rinks  on  Soldier's  Field  and  at  the  Boston  Arena,  and  in- 
terest in  the  sport  is  widespread  and  keen. 

Practice  for  the  Freshman  team  begins  as  soon  as  the  Soldier's 
Field  rinks  can  be  frozen.  The  coaching  is  in  charge  of  an  experi- 
enced player,  who  is  assisted  by  members  of  the  University  squad. 
Games  are  played  with  the  large  preparatory  schools,  and  the 
season  is  concluded  in  February  by  a  contest  with  the  Yale  fresh- 
men. The  University  team  begins  practice  on  the  Arena  rink  in 
November,  and,  in  the  course  of  its  season,  has  the  opportunity  of 
meeting  the  best  college  teams  in  this  country  and  in  Canada. 
Besides  the  activities  of  these  regular  teams,  there  is  a  scrub  series 
which  is  very  popular. 


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Hockey  has  the  advantage  of  affording  exercise  and  occupation 
at  a  time  of  the  year  when  other  sports  are  dormant,  and  it  offers 
a  great  opportunity  for  men  with  little  or  no  experience.  There 
is  no  better  way  of  exercising  during  the  winter  months  than  in 
regular  activity  on  the  hockey  rink. 


TENNIS 

H.  G.  SMITH,  '14 

Home  address,  New  York  City.  Prepared  at  Lower  Merion  High  School,  Ardmore, 
Pennsylvania.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Manager,  Tennis  Team, 
1912,  1912-13;  Treasurer,  Pennsylvania  Club,  1912-13;  Class  Tennis  Team,  1911 
and  1912;  University  Tennis  Team,  1912.  Dramatic  Club,  Pennsylvania  Club. 

Although  the  major  sports  hold  a  greater  attraction  in  the  field 
of  athletics,  the  minor  sports,  besides  offering  excellent  opportu- 
nities for  fun  and  exercise,  are  carefully  organized,  and  provide  a 
splendid  chance  for  a  man  to  represent  the  University.  Undoubt- 
edly the  most  popular  of  the  minor  sports  is  tennis.  The  University 
owns  fifty-four  courts,  seventeen  on  Soldier's  Field,  and  the  rest  on 
Jarvis  Field,  and  for  the  use  of  these  the  nominal  sum  of  ten  cents 
an  hour  is  charged  to  each  player.  The  fall  season  includes  tourna- 
ments in  singles  and  doubles,  and  an  interclass  tournament  between 
teams  selected  from  each  class.  The  members  of  the  winning 
team  receive  their  numeral  insignia  in  their  class  colors.  Compe- 
titions for  positions  on  the  University  and  Freshman  teams,  which 
hold  regular  scheduled  matches  with  outside  organizations,  take 
place  during  the  spring.  Among  the  games  played  by  the  Univer- 
sity team  are  those  with  Amherst,  Brown,  Pennsylvania,  Princeton, 
and  Yale,  and  late  in  the  summer  just  before  the  opening  of  college 
is  held  the  Intercollegiate  tennis  championship  tournament.  Mem- 
bers of  the  University  team  who  play  against  Yale  or  in  the  Inter- 
collegiates  are  awarded  the  insignia  "  H.  T.  T."  Class  tournaments 
are  popular  in  the  spring  and  the  four  winners  compete  with  the 
members  of  the  University  squad  for  the  University  championship. 


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LACROSSE 

R.  S.  SIMMONS,  '13 

Home  address,  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Prepared  at  Boston  Latin  School.  In 
college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Lacrosse  Team,  1911,  1912  (Captain),  1913. 
Alpha  Phi  Sigma. 

Lacrosse,  a  sport  that  originated  among  the  American  Indians, 
although  little  known  in  the  schools  and  colleges  of  this  section 
of  the  country,  is  rapidly  gaining  in  popularity.  The  game  is 
similar  to  hockey,  except  that  it  is  played  with  sticks  equipped 
with  gut  nets,  and  a  ball  instead  of  a  puck.  The  contest  consists 


LACROSSE    SCRIMAGE 

of  tossing  the  ball  from  player  to  player  by  means  of  the  sticks  in 
an  endeavor  to  carry  it  down  the  field  and  into  the  opponent's 
goal.  Speed  in  running,  and  skill  in  stick-handling  are  essential  to 
a  good  player.  It  is  not  necessary  that  a  player  possess  great 
strength  or  weight,  so  that  a  fellow  who  is  willing  to  work  hard  and 
earnestly  can  readily  pick  up  the  sport  and  become  proficient  in  it. 
Harvard  is  represented  each  spring  by  a  Freshman  team  and  a  Uni- 
versity team.  For  several  years  past  the  University  team,  which 
makes  a  southern  trip  in  the  spring  and  competes  in  the  Intercol- 
legiate League,  has  succeeded  in  winning  the  championship  of  the 
League. 


48  HARVARD  OF  TODAY 

WRESTLING 
W.  R.  TYLER,  '14 

Home  address,  4610  Racine  Avenue,  Chicago,  Illinois.     University  Wrestling  Team, 
1912-13. 

From  late  in  November  until  early  in  April  daily  practice  in 
wrestling  is  held  in  the  Gymnasium  under  the  supervision  of  a  coach 
well  qualified  to  give  instruction  in  the  game.  This  sport  offers 
one  of  the  few  opportunities  for  the  athlete  who  is  unable  to  skate 


PARADE    TO    SOLDIERS'    FIELD 


or  swim  to  partake  of  exercise  in  an  organized  sport  during  the 
winter  months.  It  is  exactly  the  thing  for  the  football  player  who 
wishes  to  keep  in  good  condition  in  the  off-season,  or  for  the  man 
who  wants  to  build  up  his  muscles  and  general  physical  condition. 


GYMNASTICS 

J.  R.  MORTON,  '13 

Home  address,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  Prepared  at  Manual  Training  High  School, 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Second  Vice- 
President  Chess  Club,  1911-12;  President,  1912-13;  Chess  Team,  1911-12;  Gym- 
nastic Team,  1910,  1911,  1912  (Captain),  1912-13.  C.  L.  Jones  Scholarship,  1912- 
13.  Deutscher  Verein,  Brooklyn  Club. 

The  active  season  for  the  gymnastic  team,  from  late  in  January 
to  early  in  March,  does  not  interfere  with  either  fall  or  spring  sports. 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  49 

The  work  is  under  the  direction  of  the  gymnasium  instructor,  with 
occasional  coaching  by  professionals  and  men  in  the  graduate  schools. 
The  team  makes  several  trips  in  New  England  for  meets  and  exhi- 
bitions, and  the  insignia  "  H.  G.  T."  is  awarded  to  any  man  com- 
peting in  one  of  the  letter  meets,  of  which  there  are  usually  from 
three  to  five.  Recently  was  established  the  custom  of  holding  in- 
terscholastic-freshman  gymnastic  meets:  they  will  probably  be 


THE    MARSEILLAISE 

WAVING  THE  RED  AND  WHITE  HANDKERCHIEFS  TO  FORM  THE  "H" 
ON  THE  GRAND  STAND  AT  THE  YALE  GAME 

made  annual  events.  In  addition  to  this  there  is  a  novice  meet 
every  year  for  new  men,  in  which  according  to  the  usual  practice 
the  winners  are  awarded  medals  and  ribbons.  The  present  facil- 
ities for  gymnastic  work  are  not  the  best,  but  the  new  gymnasium, 
which  now  seems  assured,  will  provide  the  latest  apparatus  and 
finest  equipment  possible.  Since  all  men  are  given  personal  at- 
tention and  an  equal  chance  to  develop,  no  man,  however  inexperi- 
enced, should  hesitate  to  go  out  for  this  team. 


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HARVARD  OF  TODAY 


FENCING 

S.  F.  DAMON,  '14 

Home  address,  98  Washington  Street,  Newton,  Massachusetts.      University  Fenc- 
ing Team,  1912,  1913,  Captain,  1913;    President,  Harvard  Musical  Review. 

Instruction  in  fencing  begins  early  in  the  fall  and  continues  until 
May.  The  actual  competitions  begin  about  the  middle  of  Janu- 
ary and  end  with  the  intercollegiate  meet  in  the  Hotel  Astor  in 
New  York  late  in  March.  From  the  squad  of  thirty  men  who 
usually  take  lessons  a  team  of  three  with  one  substitute  is  chosen 
to  represent  Harvard  in  the  meets  with  other  colleges  and  fencing 
clubs.  For  those  who  do  not  make  the  team  there  are  a  novice 


LOCKER    BUILDING    ON    SOLDIERS'    FIELD 

meet,  a  Freshman  meet,  and  the  University  championships.  Al- 
though men  with  previous  experience  are  welcome,  it  is  a  note- 
worthy fact  that  most  Harvard  fencers  have  learned  the  game  while 
in  college,  and  that  four  of  the  fencers  on  the  American  team  at 
the  Olympic  games  in  1912  were  Harvard  men.  Fencing  is  a  partic- 
ularly desirable  form  of  exercise  for  men  in  college;  it  brings  all 
the  muscles  into  play,  it  develops  quickness  of  the  eye,  brain,  and 
body;  and  since  it  requires  only  a  smooth  floor  space  eighteen  feet 
by  three,  it  is  one  of  the  easiest  games  to  keep  up  after  one  has 
left  college. 


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51 


ASSOCIATION   FOOTBALL 

E.  L.  BARRON,  '13 

Home  address,  Chicago,  Illinois.  Prepared  at  Highgate  School  (England).  In 
college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  President,  Lampoon,  1912-13;  Association 
Football,  1911,  1912,  Captain,  1913;  Class  Crews,  1912;  Freshman  Red  Book. 
Phoenix  Club,  Fox  Club,  Signet  Club,  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  Stylus  Club,  Southern 
Club,  Institute  of  1770,  Memorial  Society,  Student  Council,  D.  K.  E. 

The  recent  successes  of  the  association  football  teams  indicate 
the  steadily  increasing  interest  in  the  game  at  Harvard.  Prelimi- 
nary practice  begins  in  the  fall  shortly  before  the  close  of  the  foot- 


*  . 
ASSOCIATION    FOOTBALL   OUTSIDE    THE    STADIUM 

ball  season  and  lasts  three  or  four  weeks.  This  early  practice  is 
primarily  to  bring  out  new  men  and  to  enable  the  players  to  work 
together  effectively.  At  the  opening  of  the  spring  season  the  team 
continues  its  development  and  finally  plays  a  series  of  eight  games. 
Besides  the  University  team  there  are  a  Freshman  team  with  a 
regular  schedule  and  class  teams  that  compete  for  the  class  cham- 
pionship. 


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SWIMMING 

J.  G.  MACDONOUGH,  '13 

Home  address,  Menlo  Park,  California.  Prepared  at  Beaumont  College,  Old 
Windsor,  England;  Cloyne  School,  Newport,  Rhode  Island;  Newman  School, 
Hackensack,  New  Jersey.  In  college  three  and  one-half  years  as  undergraduate. 
Swimming  Team,  1911-12,  Captain,  1912-13.  Institute  of  1770,  D.  K.  E. 

Interest  in  swimming  was  re-awakened  in  1911  by  the  completion 
of  the  "  Harvard  Tank  "  at  the  Cambridge  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  in  May, 
1912,  it  was  recognized  as  a  minor  sport.  Thus,  for  the  first  time 
since  1910,  when  swimming  was  abandoned  for  lack  of  sufficient 
facilities,  University  and  class  teams  were  organized.  A  regular 
schedule  of  meets  for  both  University  and  Freshman  teams  is  ar- 
ranged and  there  is  a  great  future  in  store  for  this  sport. 


SHOOTING 

E.  P.  CARVER,  '13 

Home  address,  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  Prepared  at  Brookline  High  School. 
In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Harvard  Rifle  Team,  1910-11,  and  1912-13; 
Captain,  1911-12.  Freshman  Debating  Club,  Harvard  Rifle  and  Pistol  Club, 
Secretary,  1910-12,  President,  1911-12. 

The  Harvard  Shooting  Club  and  the  Harvard  Rifle  and  Pistol 
Club  are  the  two  organizations  which  cover  the  field  of  shooting. 
The  Indoor  Intercollegiate  League,  of  which  the  latter  is  a  prominent 
member,  holds  a  series  of  meets,  starting  in  January.  The  Out- 
door Intercollegiate  Match  occurs  early  in  May.  The  Freshman 
team  has  opportunities  to  compete  in  other  matches  during  the  year. 


CHAPTER  V 

STUDENT  PUBLICATIONS 

W.  M.  E.  WHITELOCK,  '13 

Home  address,  Baltimore,  Maryland.  Prepared  at  St.  Mark's  School.  In  college 
four  years  as  undergraduate.  Permanent  Class  Treasurer;  Secretary-Treasurer, 
Sophomore  Class,  1910-11;  Secretary,  Crimson,  1911;  Secretary,  Union,  1911-12; 
Manager,  University  Football  Team,  1911  and  1912;  Junior  Dance  Committee; 
Vice-President,  Union,  1912-13;  Athletic  Committee,  1912-13;  Harvard  Forum 
Committee,  1913;  Student  Council,  1912-13;  Editor,  Student  Council  Register, 
1912-13.  Cercle  Frangais,  Phillips  Brooks  House  Association,  St.  Mark's  School 
Club,  Advocate,  Crimson,  Memorial  Society,  Varsity  Club,  Southern  Club,  Insti- 
tute of  1770,  D.  K.  E.,  Stylus  Club,  Signet  Society,  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  O.  K. 
Society,  Iroquois  Club,  Fly  Club. 

To  the  man  with  literary  or  journalistic  aspirations,  Harvard 
offers  ample  opportunities.  Ten  or  a  dozen  student  publications 
furnish  a  wide  range  for  undergraduate  expression  and  training. 
Nor  does  writing  for  college  papers  mean  a  life  of  confinement; 
along  with  the  development  of  literary  ability  come  friends,  the 
knowledge  of  men,  and,  to  the  successful,  positions  of  responsibility 
and  respect  in  the  University. 

The  Freshman  will  perhaps  be  overwhelmed  with  the  great  di- 
versity of  interests  which  lie  before  him  in  this  one  field  alone.  The 
man  who  comes  to  college  with  a  definite  knowledge  of  what  he 
wishes  to  accomplish  has  a  great  advantage  over  his  fellows  who 
are  not  so  prepared.  In  order  to  give  some  idea  of  the  various 
branches  of  literary  activity  open  to  Freshmen,  to  render  possible 
an  early  choice  of  a  congenial  line  of  work,  to  suggest  briefly  "  ways 
and  means,"  is  the  purpose  of  this  chapter. 

The  Harvard  Crimson,  published  every  week  day  of  the  college 
year,  is  the  newspaper  of  the  University.  Election  to  the  board  of 
editors  requires  a  twelve  weeks'  service  as  a  reporter,  securing  news 
of  University  affairs.  Freshmen  cannot  engage  in  this  service  until 
after  the  mid-year  period.  A  separate  competition  is  also  held 
whereby  a  limited  number  of  men  acquire  positions  on  the  board 
through  writing  editorials;  this  competition  is,  however,  not  open 
to  Freshmen.  To  "  make  "  the  Crimson  is  one  of  the  most  arduous 
tasks  in  college;  and  a  man  cannot  hope  to  succeed  without  intense 
application  and  a  certain  amount  of  sacrifice  of  other  interests.  But, 

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HARVARD  OF  TODAY 


whether  one  succeeds  or  not,  there  is  scarcely  any  undergraduate 
activity  which  affords  a  greater  opportunity  for  the  training  of 
self,  the  study  of  men,  and  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  University. 


irvard  Crimson 


THE 


SOME    OF    THE    COLLEGE    PUBLICATIONS 

Finally,  the  men  who  rise  to  the  positions  of  managing  editor  and 
president  hold  offices  of  power  and  responsibility  in  the  college 
world. 

The  Lampoon  is  a  fortnightly  paper  devoted  to  the  humorous 
side  of  Cambridge  life.  The  competition  commences  soon  after 
the  opening  of  college;  drawings,  jokes,  poems,  anything  which 
treats  lightly  of  the  many  weaknesses  to  which  the  student  body 
is  heir,  is  the  sort  of  material  which  is  desired  by  the  paper.  The 
man  with  ready  mind  and  facile  pen  or  pencil  can  here  find  a  de- 
lightful and  congenial  field  for  self-expression.  It  is  by  no  means 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  55 

easy  to  obtain  a  position  on  the  board,  as  considerable  material 
is  required  of  each  candidate  before  he  can  be  elected;  but  he  does 
not  feel  in  writing  for  the  Lampoon  —  or,  indeed  for  any  other  of 
the  college  publications  —  that  pressure  of  daily  work  and  limited 
time  which  one  experiences  in  writing  for  the  Crimson. 

Just  as  the  Crimson  requires  efficiency  in  the  gathering  and  writing 
of  news,  just  as  the  Lampoon  calls  for  a  sense  of  humor  and  the  power 
to  express  this  humor,  so  the  Advocate  and  Monthly  have  their  dis- 
tinctive qualifications.  The  former,  published  fortnightly,  con- 
tains stories,  verse,  essays,  articles,  reviews  of  books  and  plays; 
the  latter,  appearing  every  month  as  its  name  implies,  presents 
work  of  somewhat  the  same  nature.  Indeed,  the  two  papers  are 
similar  in  many  ways;  candidates  for  both  are  called  out  early  in 
the  fall;  election  to  either  requires  the  acceptance  of  six  contribu- 
tions; both  afford  an  opportunity  for  the  discussion  of  the  condition 
of  the  University.  For  which  magazine  one  shall  write  is  a  matter 
of  individual  taste  rather  than  a  question  of  widely  different  poli- 
cies of  the  two  papers.  Each  represents  literary  power  in  the  past 
and  both  afford  opportunity  for  future  literary  development. 

The  Illustrated  Magazine  prints  articles  of  immediate  interest 
with  appropriate  illustrations.  Though  articles  must,  of  course, 
be  well  written  and  readable,  timeliness  and  news  interest  rather 
than  great  literary  form  or  style  are  requisite  in  contributions. 
As  can  be  readily  seen,  the  Illustrated  Magazine  opens  fields  of 
endeavor  not  presented  by  the  older  papers.  Candidates  are 
usually  expected  to  have  had  four  articles  published  before  they 
can  be  elected  as  editors. 

Besides  the  above-mentioned  papers,  for  which  no  specialized 
knowledge  is  essential,  there  are  two  publications  open  to  under- 
graduate competition  which  are  devoted  to  particular  subjects. 
The  Musical  Review,  a  monthly  magazine,  aims  to  furnish  able 
comment  on  the  development  of  music  and  offers  a  unique  oppor- 
tunity to  men  of  musical  ability. 

The  Harvard  Engineering  Journal  is  an  illustrated  quarterly, 
devoted  to  the  interests  of  engineering  in  Harvard  University, 
and  is  the  official  organ  of  the  Association  of  Harvard  Engineers. 
The  Journal  is  edited  by  students  in  the  School  of  Engineering, 
but  the  articles  are  all  written  by  practising  engineers,  the  aim 
being  to  produce  a  publication  which  shall  serve  as  a  link  between 
the  work  of  the  graduates,  and  the  engineering  activities  of  the 


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University.  Candidates  must  be  approved  for  their  general  fitness 
by  the  Council  of  the  School  of  Engineering. 

The  Law  Review  is,  of  course,  open  to  graduate  students  in  that 
school  only.  The  editorial  board  is  elected  from  among  the  men 
who  stand  highest  in  the  second  and  third  year  classes. 

The  foregoing  publications  are  to  a  greater  or  less  degree  literary. 
There  are  three  others  which  do  not  afford  any  literary  training 
but  which  are  valuable  for  other  important  qualities.  The  Fresh- 


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man  Red  Book  appears  in  the  spring  and  aims  to  present  annually 
a  record  of  the  Freshman  class.  Editors  are  chosen  after  a  com- 
petition in  charge  of  a  Freshman  committee. 

The  Senior  Class  each  year  before  graduation  issues  its  Class 
Album  which  gives  a  complete  record  and  history  of  the  class  during 
its  four  years  in  college.  Naturally,  however,  only  Seniors  are 
interested  in  the  editing  and  publishing  of  this  book. 


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Finally,  the  University  Register  is  a  book  of  over  five  hundred 
pages  published  annually  by  the  Student  Council.  It  furnishes  a 
record  of  all  branches  of  Harvard  activities  and  is  also  a  general 
reference  book  of  college  clubs,  teams,  and  other  organizations. 
Like  the  Red  Book,  the  Register  offers  an  opportunity  for  efficiency 
rather  than  literary  training.  Competition  for  the  board  begins  in 
the  Sophomore  year. 

In  addition  to  the  editorial  positions  which  are  open  to  students 
on  these  various  publications,  every  paper  and  book  must  have  a 
staff  of  business  editors.  The  competition  for  business  editor  of 
a  publication  affords  excellent  business  training.  And  to  the 
man  who  does  not  possess  literary  ability  and  yet  is  ambitious  for 
a  position  on  a  student  publication,  the  business  end  offers  a  ready 
solution  of  the  problem. 

These,  then,  are  the  opportunities  which  Harvard  publications 
offer,  —  a  wide  field,  in  which  any  man  interested  must  surely  find 
something  worthy  an  effort.  Though  the  first  purpose  of  college  is 
education,  though  a  man's  first  duty  is  to  acquire  that  education, 
still,  a  preparation  for  life  based  solely  on  college  work  is  in  danger 
of  not  being  broad.  Friendships,  the  mingling  with  one's  fellow 
men,  the  absorbing  of  new  ideas,  the  power  of  cooperation,  the 
ability  to  serve  others  as  well  as  oneself  —  these  are  things  which 
it  is  hard  for  books  alone  to  teach.  Student  publications  afford  an 
opportunity  to  acquire  these  advantages,  along  with  a  certain 
amount  of  literary  training. 


CHAPTER   VI 

THE  HARVARD  UNION 

H.  R.  HITCHCOCK,  JR.,  '14 

Home  address,  Pukoo,  Molokai,  Hawaii.  Vice-President,  The  Harvard  Union, 
University  Baseball  Team,  University  Swimming  Team,  University  Football  Team, 
1913-14.  Institute  of  1770,  Phoenix,  Hasty  Pudding,  etc. 

THE  great  social  centre  not  only  for  the  members  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege but  for  the  men  in  the  graduate  schools  is  the  generous  gift 
of  Major  H.  L.  Higginson,  '55,  The  Harvard  Union.  The  building 


THE    UNION    LIBRARY 


is  located  just  across  Quincy  Street  from  the  Yard.  In  the  great 
living  room  of  the  Union  are  held  weekly  lectures  and  talks  by 
prominent  visitors  to  the  University.  These  evening  entertain- 
ments are  a  valuable  part  of  the  student  life  of  the  University.  For 


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the  class  smokers  and  the  "  pop  "  concerts  of  the  musical  clubs  the 
Living  Room  is  set  with  small  tables  and  chairs  and  a  stage  for  the 
entertainers.  The  political  rallies  at  election  times  and  the  mass 
meetings  preceding  the  Yale  Football  Game  pack  the  spacious  room 
with  enthusiastic  crowds  of  students.  It  is  even  planned  to  hold 
in  the  Living  Room  the  various  student  musical  shows  and  dramas 
to  which  members  of  the  Union  were  given  the  courtesy  of  compli- 
mentary tickets  last  year.  The  room  is  well  adapted  for  the  large 
dinners,  pageants,  and  other  functions  which  take  place  there. 


LIVING    ROOM    OF    THE    HARVARD    UNION 

But  the  Union  is  essentially  a  club.  Every  student  in  the  Uni- 
versity is  eligible  to  membership  on  payment  of  the  small  annual 
fee  of  ten  dollars.  Indeed,  President  Lowell  has  rightly  said  that 
no  man  has  an  excuse  for  not  belonging  to  the  Union;  for  a  man 
who  sincerely  wishes  to  enter  into  the  life  of  the  University  in  this 
way  will  find  upon  application  that  if  he  is  unable  to  pay  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars  somebody  else  will  be  ready  to  stand  the  expense. 
Although  the  intimacy  of  some  of  the  smaller  clubs  does  not  exist 
at  the  Union,  one  is  sure  to  meet  acquaintances  here  and  spend 
some  of  the  best  lounging  hours  of  his  college  life. 


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The  Union  is  equipped  not  only  with  rooms  devoted  to  the  pur- 
poses of  a  club,  but  with  rooms  designed  to  be  the  headquarters  of 
various  undergraduate  activities.  Of  the  former,  the  dining-rooms 
and  the  library  are  particularly  attractive.  The  large  a  la  carte 
dining-room  and  a  smaller  room  for  members  who  "  sign  on  "  by 
the  week  are  on  the  first  floor:  directly  above  is  a  beautiful  room 
to  which  members  have  the  privilege  of  inviting  ladies.  The  food 
and  service  at  these  restaurants  have  made  them  very  popular. 


LADIES'    DINING    ROOM    IN    THE    UNION 

At  the  other  end  of  the  building,  on  the  second  floor,  is  the  delight- 
ful library  consisting  of  a  cosy  book-room  and  two  well-lighted  read- 
ing rooms  furnished  with  comfortable  chairs  and  tables.  Below 
the  library,  on  the  first  floor,  one  finds  the  game  room  provided  with 
card  tables,  chess-boards,  etc.,  the  periodical  room  —  well  supplied 
with  the  best  publications,  and  a  writing  or  study  room  —  a  quiet 
and  retired  place.  In  the  basement  is  a  large  pool  room,  where 
tournaments  are  held  at  various  times  during  the  year. 

As  we  have  said,  the  Union  is  the  home  of  many  college  activities. 
The  Harvard  Crimson  has  its  sanctum  and  press  in  the  basement. 
The  Advocate  and  the  Monthly  have  sanctums  on  the  third  floor  - 


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attractive  rooms  wherein  are  held  meetings  of  the  editorial  boards 
and  receptions.  The  athletic  trophies  of  the  college  are  kept  in 
the  Trophy  Room,  often  the  scene  of  dinners.  At  the  Union,  too, 
is  the  headquarters  of  the  Harvard  Federation  of  Territorial  Clubs. 
Recently  furnished  and  decorated  at  great  expense,  its  club  room  is 


TROPHY    ROOM    IN    THE    UNION 

now  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  Cambridge.  Here  the  constituent 
Territorial  Clubs  hold  their  meetings,  dances,  and  dinners.  The 
privilege  of  joining  in  the  festivities  of  one's  territorial  club  is  an 
additional  incentive  to  joining  the  Union.  The  Union  is,  in  fact, 
the  great  hearthstone  of  the  college.  It  is  the  social  and  demo- 
cratic center  of  Harvard  life. 


CHAPTER  VII 

CLUBS 

P.    M.   HOLLISTER,    '13 

Home  address,  465  East  Fulton  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  Prepared  at 
Grand  Rapids  High  School  and  Middlesex  School.  In  college  four  years  as  under- 
graduate. Ibis,  Lampoon,  October,  1912,  to  February,  1913;  Freshman  Football; 
Freshman  Baseball;  University  Football,  1912.  Delphic  Club,  Phoenix  Club, 
Hasty  Pudding  Club,  Signet  Society,  O.  K.  Society,  D.  K.  E.,  Institute  of  1770, 
Dramatic  Club,  Stylus  Club,  Crimson. 

A.  J.  LOWREY,  '13 

Home  address,  Honolulu,  Territory  of  Hawaii.  Prepared  at  Oahu  College  (Punahon 
School) .  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  Vice-President,  Sophomore  Class; 
Chairman,  Junior  Finance  Committee;  Second  Marshal,  Senior  Class;  President, 
Student  Council;  President,  Phillips  Brooks  House;  Freshman  Baseball  Team; 
Freshman  Tennis  Team;  University  Tennis  Team,  1910-11,  1911-12,  Captain, 
1912-13;  University  Association  Football,  1911-12,  1912-13.  Fox  Club,  Signet 
Society,  Phoenix  Club,  O.  K  Society,  Western  Club,  Hasty  Pudding  Club, 
Institute  of  1770,  D.  K.  E. 

THE  number  of  clubs  in  Harvard  has  been  the  subject  of  no  little 
jesting  on  the  part  of  undergraduates  and  graduates  who  forget  for 
the  time  being  that  the  birth  of  a  new  interest  leads  naturally  to 
the  formation  of  a  group  to  pursue  it;  who  forget  that  the  "  club  " 
may  be  merely  a  unit  of  association  for  the  pursuit  of  a  particular 
idea,  and  not  a  secluded  organization  of  men  who  are  simply  con- 
genial socially.  The  usual  form  of  the  joke  is  "  Let's  form  another 
club  and  hang  another  medal  on  our  walls." 

We  haven't  time  for  the  jokers.  More  serious-minded  critics 
say  there  are  too  many  clubs  in  college,  but  they  do  not  specify 
for  what  there  are  too  many.  If  the  existence  of  so  many  different 
interests  seems  cumbersome  for  the  moment,  they  should  realize 
that  the  very  strength  of  the  college  is  the  widespread  undergradu- 
ate interest  in  every  direction.  They  should  realize  that  no  man 
need  come  to  Cambridge  and  be  without  the  facilities  to  follow  his 
own  taste,  to  develop  his  own  talent,  or  to  conceive  a  new  en- 
thusiasm which  he  never  knew  before  lay  asleep  in  him. 

These  organizations  are  often  classified  and  divided  into  eight 
groups:  social,  scientific,  language  and  culture  (a  too  pretentious 
word),  musical,  debating,  political,  dramatic,  and  territorial.  We 

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have  no  intention  of  dazzling  any  one  with  the  array  of  them. 
We  know  that  no  man  will  display  fitful  flashes  of  interest  in  various 
directions  only  to  let  them  die  out  as  soon  as  he  has  made  a  club 
unless  he  is  goaded  by  a  false  ambition.  And  we  want  to  make 
it  clear  that  real  interest  is  the  primary  qualification  for  entrance 
into  any  one  of  these  organizations.  The  disappointing  man  in 
the  college  community  is  the  man  who  loses  his  keenness  after  he 
is  in  a  club,  and  who  is  not  always  entirely  to  blame,  since  member- 
ship in  two  or  three  clubs  must  divide  his  time  and  prevent  his 


PI    ETA    CLUB   HOUSE 

paying  entire  allegiance  to  the  one  for  which  he  is  best  suited. 
Let  us  consider  these  interests  in  the  order  mentioned  above,  which 
is  purely  arbitrary. 

Social.  —  The  social  life  of  the  University  centers  about  the 
spacious  club  house  of  the  Harvard  Union  —  described  fully  on 
page  58  of  this  book.  Among  the  other  purely  social  organizations 
are  the  Institute  of  1770,  the  Pi  Eta  Club,  the  Fraternities,  certain 
sectional  clubs,  the  "  waiting  clubs,"  the  final  clubs,  and  the  Hasty 
Pudding  Club.  The  Institute,  an  ancient  and  worthy  society, 
elects  100  men  from  the  Sophomore  Class,  the  first  eighty  of  whom 


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become  automatically  members  of  the  D.K.E.  The  Institute  mem- 
bers are  chosen  in  tens  beginning  in  October  or  November,  and 
the  elections  continue  every  week  or  two. 

The  Pi  Eta  Club,  with  an  active  membership  of  100  men,  elects 
the  majority  of  its  members  from  the  Sophomore  and  Junior  Classes. 
This  Club  lays  stress  on  the  democratic  character  of  the  organization. 
Its  elaborate  musical  shows,  given  in  its  own  theatre,  are  often 
worthy  of  high  praise.  Notable,  too,  is  the  dramatic  success  of  the 
Delta  Upsilon,  an  active  chapter  of  the  national  fraternity,  which 
for  several  years  has  presented  effective  revivals  of  the  Elizabethan 
drama.  It  is  the  most  prominent  of  the  numerous  fraternities  in 
the  University.  The  fraternity  houses  are  in  most  cases  run  as 
clubs;  i.  e.,  although  men  eat  and  spend  their  free  time  in  the 
houses,  they  do  not  actually  use  them  as  dormitories.  The  South- 
ern and  Western  Clubs  are  also  of  this  nature. 

There  are  four  "  waiting  clubs  ":  the  Iroquois,  the  Kalumet,  the 
Phoenix,  and  the  Sphinx.  Men  are  elected  and  taken  into  these 
organizations  after  Christmas  in  their  Freshman  year.  As  the 
name  "waiting  club"  implies,  they  serve  merely  as  temporary 
quarters  until  men  are  elected  to  a  final  club.  The  final  clubs 
are  the  A.D.;  the  Delphic;  the  Digamma  —  known  as  the  Fox; 
the  Fly;  the  Owl;  the  Porcellian  and  the  Zeta  Psi  —  called  Spee. 
Fifteen  members  are  elected  to  each  during  the  latter  part  of  the 
Sophomore  year. 

These  social  clubs,  like  the  other  clubs  in  college  with  more  defined 
interests,  are  properly  considered  as  a  means  for  development 
and  friendship,  but  not  as  a  goal  for  the  "  social  climber's  "  ambition. 
The  fact  that  many  prominent  men  are  not  members  of  the  prom- 
inent clubs  casts  no  reflection  on  the  men  or  on  the  clubs.  The 
social  club  at  Harvard  holds  the  same  position  that  a  men's  club 
holds  in  any  city. 

Scientific.  -  -  There  are  two  clubs  of  men  interested  in  chemistry, 
one  a  branch  of  a  national  chemistry  association,  and  one  local. 
At  their  meetings  they  are  addressed  by  prominent  chemists,  as  a 
rule  on  phases  of  the  science  which  are  of  unusual  or  contemporary 
prominence.  The  botanical  club  has  about  twenty  members.  A 
club  of  the  same  size  is  composed  of  men  who  are  specializing  in 
landscape  architecture.  A  club  of  drawing  and  architecture  men 
has  less  than  a  dozen  members.  The  engineering  society  and  two 
mathematical  clubs  have  a  large  membership  in  the  graduate  schools, 
mostly  of  men  who  are  taking  advanced  work.  The  natural  his- 


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tory  society  is  an  undergraduate  body  with  a  score  of  members, 
and  the  anthropological  and  zoological  organizations  are  made  up 
of  both  undergraduates  and  graduates.  The  mining  club  is  a 
graduate's  association,  for  the  most  part.  The  wireless  club  is 
made  up  almost  entirely  of  undergraduates.  The  scientific  clubs 
are  necessarily  closely  affiliated  with  class-room  interests,  and  as  is 
the  case  in  the  language  and  "  culture  "  clubs,  members  of  the 
Faculty  are  sometimes  prominent  members  of  the  clubs. 

Language  and  Culture. --The  Cercle  Frangais,  for  members 
of  the  University  who  speak  French,  and  the  Deutscher  Verein, 
for  those  who  speak  German,  are  both  large;  they  form  a  link 
between  the  college  and  the  older  countries,  devote  considerable 
time  to  sociability  and  conversation,  and  present  a  play  each  year 
in  the  foreign  tongue.  The  Circolo  Italiano  and  Sociedad  Espanola 
are  similar  organizations,  though  not  large.  There  are  clubs  made 
up  of  men  who  are  interested  in  the  literature  of  the  modern  lan- 
guages, and  in  Greek  and  Roman,  Hebraic,  and  Scandinavian 
culture. 

Musical.  —  Harvard  has  many  thriving  musical  clubs.  The  glee, 
mandolin,  and  banjo  clubs  take  men  by  competition,  and  the  orches- 
tra, called  the  Pierian  Sodality,  holds  a  similar  open  competition  for 
membership.  These  clubs  give  concerts  in  Cambridge,  and  make 
trips  to  other  cities.  The  Musical  Club  proper  is  composed  of  men 
interested  in  music  for  its  own  sake,  among  them  several  members 
of  the  Pierian.  In  connection  with  these  clubs  may  be  mentioned 
the  opera  association,  membership  in  which  entitles  one  to  secure 
seats  at  the  Boston  Opera  House  at  reduced  rates. 

Debating. --The  lively  interest  in  public  speaking  and  debating 
is  guided  by  the  Debating  Council,  an  upper  class  organization,  the 
Freshman  Debating  Society,  the  Delta  Sigma  Rho  and  Tau  Kappa 
Alpha  societies,  and  the  Speakers'  Club.  The  last-named  club 
periodically  conducts  a  valuable  open  discussion  on  college  topics. 

Political.  —  Interest  in  political  clubs  runs  high  in  campaign 
years.  The  Republicans,  Democrats,  Progressives  and  Socialists 
have  their  organizations,  of  which  the  Socialist  Club  is  most  steadily 
busy.  Members  of  these  clubs  engage  in  practical  campaign  work. 

Dramatic.  --  The  Dramatic  Club  focusses  serious  interest  in  the 
drama,  offers  each  year  a  prize  for  original  plays,  and  presents 
them  with  actors  and  stage  hands  from  its  own  membership.  Three 
primarily  social  clubs,  Pi  Eta,  the  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  and  Delta 
Upsilon,  also  produce  plays  annually;  the  first  two  usually  give  an 


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original  musical  comedy,  and  the  last  an  Elizabethan  revival. 
Dramatic  ability  influences  the  qualification  for  membership  in 
these  organizations. 

Territorial.  —  The  territorial  clubs,  embracing  organizations  of 
students  from  various  sections  of  this  and  other  countries,  have 
been  treated  in  Chapter  I.  The  Cosmopolitan  Club  should  be 
mentioned  here.  It  is  an  organization  of  men  from  every  part  of 
the  world  formed  to  foster  the  cosmopolitan  interest  which  must 
arise  from  such  association. 

This  army  of  clubs  and  societies  and  leagues  and  associations 
may  stagger  you  if  you  look  at  them  all  at  once,  but  taken  singly 
they  make  the  best  tonic  Harvard  can  give.  These  clubs  are  all 
for  men  who  want  to  open  their  eyes,  to  learn  more,  to  investigate, 
whether  they  call  it  work  or  play.  It  is  not  a  sombre  sort  of  in- 
vestigation; it  is  as  serious  as  any  pursuit  undertaken  willingly 
must  be;  but  it  is  made  buoyant  by  that  very  vigor  of  enthusiasm 
which  gave  rise  to  it. 

There  is  a  whip  in  Harvard  for  every  man's  hobby. 


CHAPTER  VIII 

LOCATION  AND  ENVIRONMENT 

GILBERT  ELLIOTT,  JR.,  '13 

Home  address,  313  Sterling  Place,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  Prepared  at  Adelphi 
Academy.  In  college  four  years  as  undergraduate.  President  of  Harvard  Musical 
Review,  1912-13;  Chairman,  Entertainment  Committee,  Harvard  Musical  Club, 
1912-13;  Dramatic  Club,  Lampoon,  St.  Paul's  Society,  Brooklyn  Club. 

No  young  man,  desirous  of  a  broad  education,  should  select  a  col- 
lege because  it  suits  him  in  some  one  of  its  features.  Course  of 
study,  faculty,  athletics,  the  character  of  its  graduates,  and  numer- 
ous other  points  should  all  be  weighed  carefully  in  making  a  choice. 

The  location  of  a  college  is  one  of  the  things  which  of  necessity 
assumes  a  place  of  prime  importance  when  its  advantages  and  dis- 
advantages are  under  discussion.  There  are  few  institutions  of 
learning  which  have  nothing  to  boast  in  this  regard.  One  has  the 
pure  air  and  magnificent  scenery  of  the  mountains,  another  is  adja- 
cent to  large  mining  and  engineering  projects;  a  third  is  in  the  midst 
of  a  large  city ;  and  so  on :  each  is  particularly  adapted  to  the  needs 
of  certain  types  of  individuals.  Which  location  is  best  suited  for 
any  young  man,  and  whether  he  is  willing  to  allow  advantages  of 
location  to  make  up  for  certain  other  obvious  defects,  or  vice-versa, 
is  a  question  which  he  must  decide  for  himself.  The  important 
thing  is  this:  to  keep  clearly  in  mind  how  much  the  individuality 
of  a  college  is  dependent  on  its  location,  and  how  strongly  this 
affects  the  very  spirit  of  the  institution  and  consequently  the  char- 
acter of  its  students. 

Strictly  speaking,  Harvard  College  is  not  a  city  college.  Though 
but  eight  minutes'  ride  by  subway  from  Boston,  it  is  far  enough  re- 
moved to  be  out  of  earshot  of  the  noise  and  bustle  characteristic  of 
all  great  cities.  In  this  respect  Harvard  is  fortunate,  for  it  has  all 
the  advantages  of  a  great  city  without  any  of  its  disadvantages. 

The  proximity  of  Boston  and  its  surrounding  towns  nevertheless 
affects  the  Harvard  student  body  to  a  very  marked  degree.  To 
begin  with,  there  are  the  Boston  and  Cambridge  people.  Oppor- 
tunities to  meet  them  at  social  functions  are  numerous  enough; 
and  better  still,  most  of  them  are  anxious  to  meet  and  entertain  in 


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their  homes  the  undergraduate  coming  from  a  distant  part  of  the 
country.  If  he  exhibit  but  a  spark  of  good  breeding,  he  will  find 
it  comparatively  easy  to  make  their  acquaintance  and  to  accept 
their  hospitality.  The  influence  of  these  people,  living  as  they  do, 
in  the  midst  of  the  literary,  scientific,  and  artistic  traditions  of 
Emerson,  Longfellow,  Lowell,  Hawthorne,  MacDowell,  Norton, 
Agassiz,  and  James,  affects  those  who  come  in  contact  with  them; 
in  fact,  it  is  only  the  unreceptive  student  who  can  go  through  Har- 
vard without  learning  to  know  about  these  men  and  to  admire  the 


ROOM    IN    HOLLIS    HALL   OCCUPIED    BY    EMERSON, 
EVERETT,    AND    TIIORB:AU 

things  for  which  they  strove.  The  keen  appreciation  of  literature, 
science,  and  art  which  these  New  Englanders  exhibit,  is  a  great 
stimulus  to  students  studying  at  Harvard,  no  matter  in  what  field 
their  interests  lie. 

Of  even  greater  import  are  the  general  opportunities  for  study 
which  Boston  affords.  With  prospective  college  students  it  must 
always  be  a  serious  problem  whether  they  are  willing  to  forego, 
except  at  the  long  intervals  of  vacation,  opportunities  to  attend 
theatres,  opera,  and  concerts,  to  visit  museums  and  large  libraries, 


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and  to  take  part  in  religious  and  social  settlement  work.  To  re- 
linquish these  activities  may  seem  a  small  matter;  but  if  the  high 
school  or  preparatory  school  graduate  will  remember  that  four  of 
the  most  important  and  impressionable  years  of  life  are  spent  at 
college,  and  that  the  formation  of  broad  tastes  and  ideas  is  even 
more  important  than  the  digestion  of  a  certain  number  of  facts,  he 


HARVARD  HALL  (FROM  AX  OLD  PRINT) 

will  realize  that  the  opportunities  offered  by  a  large  city  are  not  so 
superfluous  after  all,  and  are  in  some  cases  an  absolute  necessity. 

Harvard  makes  use  of  Boston's  advantages  in  innumerable  ways. 
Although  the  Harvard  Library  is  the  largest  of  our  university 
libraries  (the  third  largest  in  the  country),  students  in  advanced 
courses  find  it  necessary  again  and  again  to  use  the  Boston  Public 
Library.  It  matters  not  whether  a  student's  interests  lie  in  Eco- 
nomics, or  in  music:  Boston  can  aid  him.  The  economist  studies 
the  actual  business  conditions  and  investigates  the  economic  status 
of  the  poorer  sections  of  the  city,  while  the  musician  turns  Boston's 
numerous  concerts  and  recitals  to  good  advantage.  The  students 
in  the  Fine  Arts  and  Architecture  spend  hours  in  the  Boston  Mu- 
seum of  Art.  The  student  of  the  drama  finds  attendance  at  certain 
Boston  productions  part  of  his  prescribed  work.  Harvard  has  an 


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Opera  Association  of  over  one  thousand  members,  who  secure  seats 
at  reduced  rates  at  the  Boston  Opera  House.  Students  with  a 
good  eye  to  business  solicit  advertisements  from  Boston  firms  for 
the  college  papers;  engineering  students  visit  and  report  on  local 
engineering  projects;  students  in  botany  visit  the  exhibitions  at 
Horticultural  Hall;  and  those  who  are  preparing  to  enter  a  medical 
school  witness  operations  at  the  Massachusetts  General  and  other 
hospitals.  One  might  continue  ad  infinitum.  These  activities 
form  a  regular  part  of  Harvard  life.  As  a  result  of  location  they 
have  become  a  real  factor  in  the  college;  Harvard  without  Boston 
would  be  almost  unthinkable. 

The  opportunity  of  hearing  and  meeting  distinguished  persons 
who  naturally  visit  Harvard  during  their  stay  in  Boston  is  one  of 
the  most  gratifying  advantages  of  location.  Contact,  even  in  the 
most  formal  way  and  for  the  briefest  period,  with  persons  who  have 
become  distinguished  in  some  branch  of  work,  is  a  source  of  the 
greatest  stimulation  to  a  student  interested  in  the  same  subject. 
The  list  of  those  who  come  in  a  single  winter  is  a  long  one.  Among 
those  who  came  during  1912-13  were  Henri  Bergson,  philosopher; 
Sir  William  Osier,  physician  and  scientist;  Alfred  Noyes,  poet; 
Louis  Aubert,  composer;  Arnold  Bennett,  novelist;  George  Arliss, 
actor;  Rabindranath  Tagore,  Indian  philosopher  and  poet;  and 
many  others  of  equal  prominence. 


CHAPTER  IX 

A  TYPICAL  UNDERGRADUATE'S  EXPENSES  AT  HARVARD 

H.  B.  GILL,  '13 

Home  address,  Lockport,  New  York.  Prepared  at  Lockport  High  School.  In 
college  three  years  as  undergraduate.  Student  Council  (Chairman,  Committee  on 
Organizations),  1912-13;  Editor-in-Chief,  Illustrated,  1912-13;  University  Regis- 
ter, 1911-12  (Committee  in  Charge,  1911-12);  Speakers'  Club  (Secretary,  1910-11, 
President,  1911-12);  Harvard  Forum  (Committee  in  Charge),  1912-13;  1913  Fresh- 
man Debating  Team  (Captain);  Christian  Association  (Cabinet,  1911-12);  Class 
Day  Usher,  1912.  Harvard  College  Scholarship,  1912-13;  Bowdoin  Prize  Essay 
(honorable  mention),  1912;  Speakers'  Club  Contest  in  Extemporaneous  Speaking 
(First  Prize),  1912.  University  Debating  Council,  1913,  Debating  Society,  Council 
of  Federated  Clubs,  S.  P.  Club,  Progressive  Club,  Men's  League  for  Woman  Suffrage, 
Union,  P.  O.  P.  Club,  Weld  Boat  Club,  Memorial  Society,  Methodist  Club. 

THE  pamphlet  on  "  Students'  Expenses  and  College  Aids,"  which 
is  published  by  the  University  and  may  be  had  for  the  asking, 
contains  most  of  the  points  regarding  finances  which  any  boy 
who  thinks  of  coming  to  Harvard  with  limited  funds  wants  to  know. 
It  is  there  stated  that  a  student  can  keep  his  total  expenditure  for 
one  year  down  to  $354  --  for  tuition  $150,  infirmary  fee,  $4; 
board,  $150;  and  room,  $50.  For  the  boy  who  desires  to  get  the 
full  richness  out  of  four  years  at  Harvard,  there  are  many  addi- 
tional expenses  which,  as  the  pamphlet  goes  on  to  say,  "  a  student 
will  surely  be  obliged  to  meet,  such  as  expenses  for  books  and  sta- 
tionery, clothing,  washing,  laboratory  charges,  furniture,  fuel  and 
light."  The  work  of  one  boy  from  Colorado,  who  came  to  Harvard 
with  practically  no  money  and  no  reputation,  and  who  "  made 
good  "  in  scholarship,  in  athletics,  and  with  his  fellows  is  probably 
the  most  significant  part  of  the  publication. 

At  the  same  time,  the  social  and  financial  success  of  the  'varsity 
captain  referred  to  in  the  pamphlet  was  undoubtedly  due  to  his 
exceptional  physical  prowess.  If  a  man  can  attain  prominence  in 
athletics,  while  maintaining  his  academic  standard,  as  did  this  big, 
genial  captain,  whom  some  of  us  cannot  help  recognizing,  he  can 
be  sure  of  a  place  among  his  fellows  socially  and  the  newspapers 
will  pay  him  liberally  for  his  writing.  The  average  man  who  comes 
to  Harvard,  however,  cannot  hope  to  do  all  that  this  man  did.  It 
is  an  exceptional  man  who  becomes  captain  in  a  major  sport.  The 

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man  with  little  money,  no  reputation,  only  a  normal  physical  and 
mental  development,  but  with  a  burning  desire  for  an  education  at 
Harvard,  is  the  man  who  is  really  confronted  with  the  financial 
problem  at  college.  This  is  the  man  by  and  for  whom  this  article 
is  written. 

The  expenses  of  a  college  education  vary  according  to  each  man's 
idea  of  what  constitutes  a  college  education.  The  typical  man  in 
planning  for  college  looks  forward,  and  rightly,  to  four  years  of 


CLAVERLY    HALL    DORMITORY 

ideal  life,  in  which  fellowship  and  play  and  leisure  to  think  or  to 
give  expression  to  his  dearest  fancies  are,  or  should  be,  as  important 
a  part  as  books  and  theses  and  lectures.  Of  such  a  well-rounded 
college  life,  however,  many  students  find  it  necessary  to  omit  some 
elements  entirely,  or  to  combine  various  elements  in  order  to  make 
any  of  them  possible. 

From  the  pamphlet  a  boy  may  easily  estimate  what  the  absolute 
necessaries  of  life  at  Harvard  will  cost.  He  may  board  for  $150 
a  year  by  eating  at  Foxcroft  House  or  at  some  private  boarding- 
house;  but  he  will  be  cutting  off  more  than  $50  worth  of  good 
fellowship  by  not  eating  at  Memorial  Hall,  the  large  college  dining- 
hall,  a  meeting  place  for  the  whole  University,  where  board  costs 
about  $200  a  year.  He  may  find  a  college  room  for  $100  which  he 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  73 

may  share  with  a  room-mate,  but  a  comfortable  room  in  a  comfort- 
able dormitory,  where  he  will  find  good  fellowship,  will  cost  him 
nearer  $75  for  his  share.  Including  the  infirmary  fee  of  $4,  we  find 
that  the  total  for  these  four  items  is  nearer  $429  than  $354. 

For  other  items,  such  as  books  and  stationery,  clothing,  washing, 
laboratory  charges,  furniture,  fuel  and  light,  a  student  can  hardly 
allow  less  than  $140  annually,  distributed  somewhat  as  follows: 

Books  and  stationery $15 

Clothes 80 

Laundry       30 

Furniture  15 


$140 

Laboratory  charges  will  depend  on  the  courses  taken  by  the  in- 
dividual. In  a  comfortable  room,  fuel  and  light  are  included. 
Eighty  dollars  for  clothes  is  a  conservative  estimate.  It  pre-sup- 
poses  that  the  student  already  possesses  a  "  dress  suit,"  which  is 
after  all  necessary  for  a  college  man;  and  it  allows  for  a  good  suit 
of  clothes  lasting  more  than  one  season.  It  includes  $5  for  pressing 
and  repairing.  Laundry  at  $30  may  be  further  reduced  if  one  lives 
near  enough  to  Cambridge  (say  within  a  radius  of  500  miles)  to 
make  it  worth  while  to  take  advantage  of  the  express  companies' 
laundry  rates.  He  may  then  send  his  laundry  home  to  be  included 
with  the  family  washing  at  a  negligible  cost.  Sixty  dollars  for 
furniture  during  four  years  is  also  very  conservative,  $15  being 
charged  against  each  year's  account  as  above.  The  supply  of  the 
Furniture  Loan  Association  is  not  large  enough  to  make  it  possible 
for  all  who  apply  to  be  completely  fitted  out.  For  the  first  year, 
however,  a  man  may  rent  some  pieces  of  furniture  and  buy  others. 
Then  at  the  end  of  his  Freshman  year,  he  can  easily  buy  enough 
furniture  from  men  who  are  leaving  college  to  make  his  rooms  very 
comfortable. 

But  the  man  who  is  planning  to  get  a  many-sided  college  educa- 
tion will  want  more  than  the  necessaries  of  life.  He  will  need 
funds  to  enable  him  to  take  part  with  his  fellows  in  their  various 
activities.  At  Harvard  there  are  many  opportunities  for  living 
such  a  well-rounded  college  life  at  a  minimum  expense.  In  the 
first  place,  no  man  at  Harvard  is  handicapped  because  he  does  not 
or  cannot  afford  to  belong  to  an  expensive  social  club.  The  breadth 
of  a  man's  life  here  is  not  rated  according  to  the  social  clubs  which 
he  makes.  Any  man  who  shows  himself  to  be  efficient  and  con- 


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genial  in  the  most  ordinary  activities  —  a  multitude  of  which  are 
given  in  the  University  Register  —  will  gain  a  recognition  that 
will  bring  him  the  friendships  and  experiences  that  give  college  life 
many  of  its  dearest  associations.  Membership  in  any  of  these 
organizations  usually  involves  dues  amounting  to  $2  annually,  al- 
though some  dues  range  as  high  as  $15,  according  to  the  nature  of 
the  club.  In  these  "registered  clubs,"  as  they  are  called,  Harvard 


WESTMOELY    HALL   DORMITORY 

offers  to  the  man  who  must  be  economical  in  his  expenditures 
advantages  that  are  seldom  found  elsewhere.  From  $5  to  $10 
would  be  an  average  sum  for  such  dues  for  a  man  whose  interests 
are  normally  varied. 

In  at  least  two  interests  in  college,  every  man  should  count  on 
sharing.  No  one  should  plan  to  come  to  Harvard  without  setting 
aside  $2  annually  for  membership  in  Phillips  Brooks  House,  for 
here  one  not  only  will  learn  the  joy  in  service  but  also  will  meet 
many  of  the  men  most  worth  while  in  the  college.  Ten  dollars 
annually  for  membership  in  the  Union  should  also  be  put  aside. 
Here,  at  smokers  and  readings  and  like  occasions  is  found  much  that 
enriches  the  social  life  of  the  undergraduate;  and  here  are  offered 
to  the  student  the  advantages  of  a  large  and  well-appointed  club- 
house. In  all,  an  average  man  will  get  at  Harvard  for  about 


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$20    annually  a  world  of   opportunity  for  self-expression   and  fel- 
lowship. 

Membership  dues  in  social  clubs  will  of  course  add  to  this  amount. 
But  this  expense  in  some  of  the  clubs  is  actually  varied  to  suit  the 
member's  ability  to  pay.  For  the  average  man  these  dues  will  not 
amount  to  more  than  $50  to  $75  annually.  Probably  $75  will 
cover  the  annual  dues  and  expenses  incurred  by  the  typical  man 


TYPICAL   STUDENT    STUDY 

who  enjoys  the  advantages  of  club  life  at  Harvard,  including  every- 
thing from  the  smallest  registered  club  to  the  Union  and  the  purely 
social  club. 

Furthermore,  every  man  should  spend  something  for  athletics. 
He  will  need  $5  for  membership  in  the  Athletic  Association,  which 
will  admit  him  to  nearly  all  home  games,  and  about  $5  additional 
for  locker  privileges  and  outfit  at  one  of  the  boat  houses,  at  Sol- 
diers' Field,  or  at  the  gymnasium.  During  his  college  course  he 
will  want  at  least  two  tickets  to  the  Yale  football  games  in  Cam- 
bridge at  $2  each  and  will  make  the  trip  to  New  Haven  at  least 
once  at  a  minimum  expense  of  about  $8.  This  makes  an  average 
expenditure  for  Yale  games  of  about  $3  a  year.  To  cover  possible 
track  and  hockey  games,  $3  more  per  year  might  be  added.  For 
even  the  minimum  of  $16  a  year,  then,  a  man  may  have  at  Harvard 
some  of  the  greatest  privileges  in  athletics  which  may  be  obtained 
anywhere  in  the  world. 


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Nor  should  other  pleasures  be  entirely  omitted.  To  get  the  most 
out  of  four  years  at  Harvard,  a  man  cannot  afford  to  neglect  the 
unusual  social  opportunities  which  are  offered  in  and  about  Cam- 
bridge and  Boston.  Again,  if  a  Harvard  man  neglects  to  hear  good 
music  and  see  good  drama  occasionally,  to  visit  places  of  historic 
interest  and  to  enjoy  some  of  the  life  of  a  large  metropolis,  he  misses 
a  large  part  of  the  opportunities  which  give  Harvard  men  their 
breadth  of  vision  and  their  depth  of  thought.  A  man  may  spend 
in  this  way  much  or  little,  according  to  his  taste.  If  a  man  care- 
fully plans  his  expenditures  for  amusements,  including  dances, 
theatre,  etc.,  he  may  estimate  the  cost  of  these  pleasures  at  about 
$120  a  year. 

To  summarize  then,  the  man  who  seeks  to  get  the  most  out  of  a 
college  course  at  Harvard  at  a  really  economical  cost  will  spend  on 
the  average  about  $780,  distributed  as  follows: 

Tuition $150 

Room,  including  light  and  heat 75 

Infirmary  fee 4 

Board 200 

Books  and  Stationery      15 

Clothes       80 

Laundry 30 

Furniture  (average) 15 

Club  dues  and  expenses 75 

Athletics 16 

General  and  Incidental 120 


$780 

(To  this  sum  must  also  be  added  travelling  expenses,  which  will 
vary  with  the  individual  and  may  be  easily  determined  by  him.) 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  this  total  of  $780  plus  travelling 
expenses  probably  represents  the  actual  expenses  of  no  one  Harvard 
undergraduate.  It  is  not  even  the  average  expenditure  of  Harvard 
men.  (After  all,  neither  of  these  estimates  would  be  worth  much 
to  a  prospective  Freshman.)  An  annual  estimated  expense  of  $780 
represents  a  sum  such  as  a  typical  undergraduate  might  need  to 
give  him  a  well-rounded  college  course  at  Harvard.  Some  men 
spend  much  more  than  this  and  get  much  less  for  their  money; 
other  men  of  unusual  ability  spend  less  and  get  much  more  for  their 
outlay;  still  others  spend  less  than  this  amount  and  content  them- 
selves with  receiving  less  in  return,  glad  to  be  able  to  get  all  the 
advantages  which  they  can  possibly  afford.  To  which  class  any 


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one  man  belongs  and  how  much  of  a  complete  college  course  he 
can  afford  to  enjoy  are  questions  which  each  man  must  decide  for 
himself.  The  aim  of  this  article  is  merely  to  set  a  mode  or  norm 
such  as  represents  the  typical  expenditures  of  a  college  man  who 
desires  a  complete  college  education  but  who  must  count  the  cost 
carefully  —  a  total  from  which  each  man  may  estimate  his  own 
case.  To  do  this,  arbitrary  figures  necessarily  had  to  be  assumed. 
They  are,  however,  based  upon  the  actual  experience  of  such  men 
as  this  article  is  intended  to  help. 

How,  then,  can  the  College  fairly  urge  men  to  come  to  Harvard 
with  no  more  than  possibly  $400  capital  ?  It  is  partly  because 
there  are  so  many  opportunities  for  energetic  men  to  earn  their  way 
here.  These  many  opportunities  are  listed  in  detail  in  the  official 
college  publication  mentioned  above.  In  regard  to  them,  however, 
the  following  suggestion  may  be  useful. 

If  it  is  necessary  to  help  pay  one's  way  through  Harvard,  it  is 
best  to  do  it  by  specializing  in  some  college  activity.  The  man 
who  becomes  very  proficient  in  athletics  is  always  in  demand  as  a 
writer  for  the  newspapers,  as  an  instructor  in  boys'  camps,  or  as  a 
companion  for  younger  boys  during  summer  vacations.  The  man 
who  gains  a  reputation  for  ability  in  his  courses  may  secure  very 
remunerative  employment  in  tutoring,  or  may  win  a  scholarship. 
The  editor  of  a  college  paper  has  naturally  better  chances  to  obtain 
paying  journalistic  work  than  one  who  is  not  in  touch  \vith  under- 
graduate life.  In  such  ways  a  man's  capacity  for  earning  is  largely 
increased  and  his  means  of  earning,  rather  than  detracting  from  his 
college  life,  simply  serves  to  add  to  his  enjoyment  of  it. 

To  the  man  who  thinks  he  can  never  be  an  athlete,  a  scholar,  or 
an  editor,  the  college  still  says,  "  Come."  He  may  have  to  forego 
some  of  the  good  things  in  a  college  education  which  the  more 
brilliant  will  achieve;  but  if  he  is  brave  and  determined,  he  will 
find  that  the  college  possesses  unusual  opportunities  to  help  him 
get  all  that  he  can. 

And  just  here  some  men  make  a  great  mistake.  Because  they 
are  poor,  they  believe  that  they  may  not  ask  for  a  complete  college 
education  —  and  by  "  complete  "  is  meant  a  full,  well-rounded  four 
years'  life,  costing  possibly  $780  annually.  The  college  stands  ready 
to  give  men  who  believe  themselves  worthy  of  a  college  education 
the  opportunity  to  get  it.  It  is  for  men  of  this  mettle  that  the 
scholarship  and  loan  funds  are  established,  and  it  is  at  Harvard 


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considered  an  honor  to  be  named  among  their  beneficiaries.  Har- 
vard is  proud  that  its  graduates  are  men  of  broad  vision.  It  wants 
its  undergraduates  to  have  such  a  preparation  in  college  that  they 
will  be  representative  graduates.  If  the  boys  who  desire  a  real 
Harvard  education  will  offer  their  very  best,  Harvard  stands  ready 
to  give  them  in  return,  not  mere  book-knowledge,  but  the  chance 
to  enjoy  the  richness  of  a  full  college  course. 


CHAPTER  X 

PROFESSIONAL  AND  GRADUATE  SCHOOLS 

EXCELLENT  opportunities  for  advanced  study  at  Harvard  are 
afforded  by  the  six  graduate  schools.  Generally  speaking,  an  A.B. 
or  S.B.  degree  or  sufficient  specialized  preparation  is  requisite  for 
entrance,  and  the  regular  term  of  study  varies  with  the  different 
schools  from  one  to  three  years.  In  planning  a  college  course  it 
is  well  to  look  ahead,  and  it  may  be  that  the  following  information 
from  students  in  the  several  schools  will  be  helpful.  The  University 
publishes  separate  pamphlets  describing  the  schools,  which  may  be 
obtained  on  application. 

THE  MEDICAL  SCHOOL 

LAWRENCE  K.  LUNT,  3  M.,  A.B.  1909 

Home  address,  431  North  Cascade  Avenue,  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.  Cosmo- 
politan Club,  Round  Table,  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  Institute  of  1770,  Memorial  So- 
ciety, O.  K.  Society,  Phoenix,  Signet,  Student  Council,  Crew,  1907,  1908,  1909. 

The  Harvard  Medical  School  has  had  a  long  and  honorable 
history.  Beginning  in  a  little  building  about  the  size  of  a  small 
country  school-house,  it  has  several  times  outgrown  its  quarters 
till  in  1906  it  was  moved  to  its  present  magnificent  situation.  The 
School  now  has  an  equipment  that  is  not  equalled  by  any  medical 
school  in  this  country.  The  five  gray  marble  structures  connected 
by  hall-ways  and  porches  make  a  group  which  every  passerby 
admires  and  which  fills  with  pride  the  hearts  of  those  who  work 
within  them. 

The  admission  requirements  are,  generally  speaking,  a  degree  in 
arts  or  science  from  an  approved  college  or  scientific  school,  or  two 
years  of  undergraduate  work  with  a  reading  knowledge  of  French 
or  German  and  certain  work  in  scientific  subjects.  Under  special 
conditions  others  may  obtain  admission  by  receiving  the  consent 
of  the  Faculty. 

It  is,  however,  the  men  who  direct  the  work,  rather  than  the 
magnificence  of  the  equipment,  that  make  a  school  great.  A  glance 
at  the  list  of  the  Faculty  of  Medicine  will  show  the  names  of  men 
of  national  and  international  reputation,  who  are  working  in  these 


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laboratories  and  directing  the  students  who  are  under  them.  They 
are  men  of  inspiring  character  and  are  always  ready  to  help  their 
students.  We  are  proud  of  our  equipment,  but  we  are  prouder  still 
of  the  staff  of  men  who  direct  the  School's  work,  and  who  have  made 
notable  contributions  to  the  advancement  of  Medical  Science. 

The   hospitals   and   institutions    which   are   grouped    about   the 
Harvard  Medical  School   or  are  near  at  hand   in  Boston   afford 


MEDICAL   SCHOOL  BUILDINGS 

unsurpassed  facilities  for  clinical  instruction.  These  institutions 
contain  nearly  two  thousand  patients  whose  cases  are  available 
for  teaching  purposes. 

Aside  from  the  regular  assigned  work,  there  are  many  opportu- 
nities in  spare  hours  for  the  student  who  is  ambitious  to  do  special 
research  under  the  immediate  personal  direction  and  supervision  of 
the  Professors  of  the  various  departments.  This  kind  of  work  is 
intensely  interesting  and  its  value  to  the  student  cannot  be  over- 
estimated. 

The  Medical  School  is  not  lacking  in  social  life.  The  Student's 
Association,  to  which  every  student  of  the  School  belongs,  holds 
two  meetings  a  year  at  which  some  distinguished  person  speaks. 
The  meeting  at  the  beginning  of  the  academic  year  is  a  reception 
to  the  new  men.  Each  class  has  an  occasional  smoker  and  an 
annual  banquet,  which  are  always  enjoyable.  Late  in  the  spring 
the  School  grants  a  holiday  and  all  the  classes  join  in  a  picnic  down 
Boston  harbor. 


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THE  LAW  SCHOOL 

HARVEY  H.  BUNDY,  3  L.,  YALE  UNIVERSITY,  1909 

Graduate  of  Yale  University;   Editor,  Harvard  Law  Review;  Chairman,  Board  of 
Student  Advisers. 

The  Harvard  Law  School  is  the  oldest  of  the  existing  law  schools 
in  the  country.  It  has  attained  its  present  position  among  law 
schools  by  the  high  professional  standing  of  its  graduates  and  by 
the  invention  of  a  method  of  legal  instruction  called  the  "  case 
system."  Before  the  administration  of  Dean  Langdell,  eminent 
jurists  had  taught  the  students  by  lectures  supplemented  by  the 
study  of  legal  treatises.  This  system  did  not  give  training  and 
facility  in  the  actual  methods  of  the  best  legal  practice.  A  prac- 
tising lawyer  presents  his  case  with  citation  of  other  cases,  and  his 
final  authority  and  test  of  law  lie  largely  in  court  decisions.  Dean 
Langdell  therefore  introduced  a  system  of  instruction  whereby  the 
student  was  trained  to  use  as  original  authorities  the  published  de- 
cisions of  courts.  The  success  of  the  "  case  system  "  has  caused 
it  to  spread  through  the  law  schools  of  the  country. 

This  method  of  teaching  law  requires  a  large  and  fully  equipped 
library.  The  Harvard  Law  School  has  such  a  library.  Indeed, 
Professor  Dicey  of  Oxford  has  pronounced  it  "  The  most  perfect 
collection  of  legal  records  in  the  English  speaking  world." 

Lawyers  bred  at  Harvard  have  proved  to  be  so  sound  and  success- 
ful in  practice  that  the  School  has  increased  rapidly  in  size.  Dur- 
ing the  past  year,  there  were  enrolled  in  the  School  seven  hundred 
and  forty -five  men  including  representatives  from  one  hundred  and 
thirty-three  colleges  and  all  sections  of  the  country.  These  men 
represent  the  best  types  of  college  graduate  and  the  average  ability 
is  extraordinarily  high.  Such  a  student  body  is  splendidly  equipped 
to  make  the  most  of  the  study  of  the  law  by  means  of  the  case 
system. 

The  fact  that  a  man  who  has  made  a  good  record  at  the  Harvard 
Law  School  has  a  certain  piestige  when  he  seeks  a  position  after 
graduation,  may  partly  account  for  the  keen  competition  for  the 
leading  places  in  the  class.  Unlike  most  undergraduate  scholastic 
competitions,  the  struggle  is  not  confined  to  a  few  of  the  more 
studiously  inclined. 

Every  man  is  given  an  opportunity  to  join  a  law  club  and  almost 
all  avail  themselves  of  the  chance.  A  club  is  composed  of  eight 
men  from  each  class.  The  members  of  the  first  year  class  argue 


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cases  before  an  upper  classman  who  presides  as  chief  justice.  Later 
in  the  course  a  competition  is  held  between  the  clubs,  for  which 
prizes  are  given.  The  law  clubs  have  proved  valuable  in  teaching 
men  how  to  search  the  authorities  and  present  an  argument  effec- 
tively. 

The  Harvard  Law  Review,  which  has  gained  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion as  a  sound  legal  journal,  elects  to  its  editorial  board  twelve 
or  more  men  from  each  class  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  year 
on  the  basis  of  ability  shown  in  the  first  year's  work.  Only  legal 
ability  and  character  gain  a  man  standing  among  his  fellows,  and 
where  men  from  nearly  every  state  and  of  every  type  are  working 
together  with  a  common  serious  purpose,  it  is  easy  to  make  acquain- 
tances and  to  form  lasting  friendships.  Amid  such  surroundings 
the  life  of  the  School  could  not  be  other  than  attractive  for  the  man 
who  enjoys  legal  work. 

THE  DIVINITY  SCHOOL 

C.  H.  LYTTLE,  GRDv.,  A.M.,  WESTERN  RESERVE  UNIVERSITY,  1908, 
B.D.,  MEADVILLE,  1910 

Home  address,  1512  East  107th  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Outside  the  Yard,  at  the  end  of  Divinity  Avenue,  is  a  quadrangle 
bounded  by  the  University  Museum  and  Divinity  Hall.  The  spot 
is  tranquil  and  picturesque  with  the  contrast  of  ivy  and  old  brick. 
No  inscription  points  out  the  unsecular  character  of  the  Hall,  but 
within  the  chapel,  the  windows  of  which  look  out  upon  a  grove  of 
waving  branches,  there  is  a  memorial  tablet  to  Emerson  and  upon 
it  the  sentence  -  "  Acquaint  men  at  first  hand  with  Deity."  Let 
it  serve  to  indicate  both  the  uses  and  the  venerable  character  of  the 
Hall  and  to  introduce  us  to  the  precincts  of  the  Divinity  School. 

The  Divinity  School,  although  founded  by  Unitarian  Congre- 
gationalists,  is  today  non-sectarian  in  character,  a  fact  which  is 
emphasized  by  the  appointment  of  Baptist,  Methodist,  Trinitarian- 
Congregationalist,  and  Episcopalian  instructors.  By  reason  of 
its  scholarly  methods  and  purposes,  the  School  has  well  acquired 
the  right  to  bestow  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Scientific  Theology. 
Such  a  policy  renders  it  especially  fitted  to  give  attention  to  the 
investigation  of  religions  other  than  Christianity  and  Judaism,  as 
well  as  to  social  theory  and  applied  Sociology. 

The  atmosphere  is  one  of  earnest  study  and  research.  The 
School  affords  the  student  great  freedom  of  the  choice  of  electives. 


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The  Divinity  School  joins  with  the  Faculty  and  students  of  Andover 
Seminary  in  a  daily  evening  prayer  service,  held  alternately  in  their 
two  Chapels.  These  services  are  conducted  by  the  Faculties  and 
by  the  older  students.  A  sermon  is  given  on  Thursdays. 

Both  Schools  have  common  rooms  with  pianos  and  magazines. 
Here  are  held  the  meetings  of  their  societies;  the  Divinity  Club  to 
which  all  the  students  of  either  school  belong  and  the  programme 
of  which  consists  largely  in  lectures  by  eminent  men,  philanthro- 
pists and  clergymen,  and  conferences  with  them  more  informally; 
the  Channing  Club,  a  monthly  forum  for  open  discussion  of  social 
and  economic  reforms;  the  Society  of  Inquiry  (Andover)  the  special 
field  of  which  is  foreign  missions.  The  students  are  further  eligible 
for  membership  in  the  various  departmental  societies  of  the  Gradu- 
ate School. 

The  spirit  of  the  School  is  democratic  and  open  minded.  The 
consciousness  of  the  fact  that  in  the  religious  progress  of  the  cen- 
tury the  Divinity  School  has  kept  a  foremost  place,  compels  an 
attitude  of  hospitality  for  every  type  of  sincere  radicalism.  Theo- 
logical differences  are  rarely  referred  to  and  are  never  obstacles  to 
pleasant  fellowship. 

SCHOOL  OF  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES 

The  Graduate  School  of  Arts  and  Sciences  consists  of  men  work- 
ing for  the  degrees  of  A.M.  and  Ph.D.  The  total  membership  in 
1912-13  was  503,  distributed  principally  among  the  departments  of 
Ancient  Languages,  Modern  Languages,  Philosophy,  Mathematics, 
Biology,  Chemistry,  Physics,  and  Education.  These  men  come 
from  all  parts  of  this  country,  and  to  some  extent  from  foreign 
countries;  indeed,  the  newcomer  at  the  School  is  usually  struck  by 
the  heterogeneity  of  the  men  in  their  studies  and  in  their  origins. 
It  is  easy  to  see  what  chances  for  exchange  of  ideas  lie  in  the  bring- 
ing together  of  so  many  kinds  of  talents,  opinions,  prejudices,  and 
temperaments. 

The  great  advantage  the  School  offers  —  and  one  which  can 
hardly  be  matched  in  this  country  —  is  the  close  relationship 
between  student  and  Professor.  At  Harvard  the  advanced  student 
in  almost  any  department  has  the  personal  supervision,  even  com- 
panionship, of  men  of  the  first  rank  in  their  subjects.  Less  impor- 
tant, but  hardly  less,  are  the  library  facilities.  I  refer  not  only  to 
the  great  extent  and  value  of  the  collections  in  Harvard  and  Boston 


84  HARVARD  OF  TODAY 

libraries,  but  to  the  readiness  of  access  allowed  the  advanced  stu- 
dent. At  Harvard  the  stacks  are  thrown  open  to  him;  in  Boston 
the  courtesies  are  hardly  less  extensive;  and  there  are  several 
special  libraries,  devoted  to  books  on  many  single  or  related  subjects, 
where  he  is  always  welcomed. 

The  University  is  drawing  together  the  social  life  of  the  graduate 
students,  by  devoting  all  of  one  dormitory,  Conant  Hall,  on  Oxford 
Street,  and  half  of  College  House  to  men  in  the  graduate  schools. 
The  plan  has  been  highly  successful,  for  Conant,  which  accommo- 
dates about  100  men,  is  in  great  demand.  It  has  a  splendid,  large 
common  room,  used  by  the  Hall  as  a  lounge  and  reading  room,  and 
by  various  scholastic  clubs  as  a  meeting  place.  This  common  room, 
and  indeed  Conant  Hall  itself,  constitutes  the  center  of  the  social 
life  of  the  School. 

A  word  about  the  relation  of  the  Graduate  School  to  the  College 
and  its  activities.  The  School,  to  be  sure,  is  a  separate  entity. 
At  the  same  time,  the  members  of  the  College  and  School  attend 
the  same  lecture  halls,  dine  at  the  same  dining  halls,  and  thus  come 
in  contact.  The  graduate  student,  like  the  college  man,  has  the 
privilege  of  supporting  athletics  by  buying  season  tickets  to  the 
games  at  a  reduced  rate.  The  Union  is  open  to  him,  and,  gener- 
ally speaking,  whatever  privileges  of  lectures,  gymnasium,  tennis 
courts,  and  "  pop-nights  "  are  given  to  the  college  man,  are  free  to 
him  also. 

SCHOOL  OF  BUSINESS  ADMINISTRATION 

J.  C.  EMISON,  2G.B.,  A.B.,  DE  PAUW  UNIVERSITY,  1911 
Home  address,  Vincennes,  Indiana. 

The  Business  School  strictly  enforces  its  requirements  that  all 
candidates  for  its  degree  shall  be  college  graduates,  and,  except  in 
special  cases,  allows  only  holders  of  college  degrees  to  register  for 
full  work.  Such  requirements  make  the  School  unique  among 
similar  institutions  of  this  country,  most  of  which  seek  to  combine 
collegiate  and  professional  training.  The  student  body  is,  there- 
fore, composed  of  college  men  from  all  parts  of  the  country  - 
indeed,  from  many  parts  of  the  world  —  who  have  completed  their 
undergraduate  work  and  are  engaging  in  a  serious  study  of  business 
as  a  profession. 

The  School  of  Business  Administration  is  primarily  designed  for 
those  aiming  to  fit  themselves  for  the  ultimate  attainment  of  posts 
of  responsibility  and  leadership  in  the  business  ' world.  It  is  a 


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school  of  extraordinarily  high  standards,  which  seeks  to  train  liber- 
ally educated  men  in  the  broader  principles  of  modern  business, 
and  above  all  to  lead  them  to  think  rightly  and  accurately  upon 
business  subjects. 

The  courses  of  instruction  are  grouped  under  seven  heads  — 
Accounting,  Commercial  Law,  Commerical  Organization,  Indus- 
trial Organization,  Banking  and  Finance,  Transportation,  Insur- 
ance. Each  student  is  given  ample  opportunity  to  elect  such  work 
as  will  particularly  fit  him  for  the  field  he  plans  to  enter.  Two 
years'  study  is  necessary  to  obtain  the  degree  of  Master  in  Business 
Administration. 

The  School  is  happily  rich  in  friends  and  supporters.  Business 
men  from  every  line  of  industry  take  an  active  part  in  its  affairs. 
The  system  of  instruction  includes  lectures  and  talks  by  such  men. 
Numerous  business  houses,  factories,  and  shops  are  open  to  the 
students  for  class  and  individual  investigations.  In  one  course 
each  student  has  an  "  adviser  "  who  is  an  active  business  man  and 
who  directs  the  student's  work  in  some  phase  of  his  business. 

The  opportunity  the  School  affords  for  interesting  study  is  un- 
limited. Indeed,  the  pleasures  and  benefits  to  be  derived  from 
attending  the  Harvard  School  of  Business  Administration  cannot 
be  overestimated. 

SCHOOLS  OF  APPLIED  SCIENCE 

E.  L.  ROBINSON,  2  G.S.,  A.B.,  ST.  LAWRENCE  UNIVERSITY,  1911 
Home  address,  7  University  Avenue,  Canton,  New  York. 

The  Graduate  Schools  of  Applied  Science  comprise  the  five 
schools  of  Engineering,  Mining  and  Metallurgy,  Architecture  and 
Landscape  Architecture,  Forestry,  and  Applied  Biology.  In  these 
various  fields  advanced  professional  and  technical  work  is  open 
only  to  holders  of  a  bachelor's  degree  from  some  college  or  techni- 
cal school  of  good  standing. 

THE    SCHOOL   OF    ENGINEERING 

The  School  of  Engineering  offers  programmes  of  study  in  Civil, 
Mechanical,  and  Electrical  Engineering.  Its  finely  equipped  lec- 
ture rooms,  drafting  rooms,  laboratories,  and  library  are  in  Pierce 
Hall.  Work-shop  courses  or  courses  in  manual  training,  which  the 
School  requires  as  a  prerequisite  to  study  in  certain  lines  of  Engi- 
neering, may  be  taken  at  the  Cambridge  Manual  Training  School. 


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All  instruction  in  surveying,  including  railroad  and  geodetic  survey- 
ing, is  given  in  the  summer  at  the  Harvard  Engineering  Camp. 
This  tract  of  seven  hundred  acres,  situated  on  Squam  Lake,  New 
Hampshire,  in  the  foothills  of  the  White  Mountains,  is  so  varied 
in  topography  as  to  afford  practice  ground  for  all  kinds  of  surveying 
problems.  The  Camp  furnishes  an  excellent  opportunity  for  young 
men  to  advance  themselves  in  preparation  for  more  strictly  techni- 
cal work  in  Engineering,  Mining,  Landscape  Architecture,  and 
Forestry. 

THE    SCHOOL   OF   MINING   AND    METALLURGY 

The  School  of  Mining  and  Metallurgy  possesses  lecture,  reading, 
exhibition,  and  storage  rooms,  the  Laboratory  of  Metallurgical 
Chemistry,  the  Ore-Dressing  Laboratory,  the  Assay  Laboratory, 
the  Metallurgical  Laboratory,  and  the  Laboratory  of  Metallography. 
The  students  carry  on  practical  work  during  the  summer  at  the 
Elizabeth  mine  in  Orange  County,  Vermont.  The  class  is  divided 
into  four  squads  which  perform  the  work  of  surveying,  sinking, 
drifting,  and  stoping.  The  students  drill  holes,  blast,  clean  up, 
timber,  lay  track,  and  perform  all  the  operations  of  actual  mining. 

THE    SCHOOL   OF   ARCHITECTURE   AND    LANDSCAPE   ARCHITECTURE 

The  School  of  Architecture  has  one  of  the  best  equipped  buildings 
in  the  College  Yard  —  Robinson  Hall.  This  contains  many  draw- 
ing rooms,  a  Hall  of  Casts  in  which  are  full-sized  casts  of  important 
pieces  of  architecture,  and  a  collection  of  original  fragments,  chiefly 
marble,  of  Greek,  Roman,  and  Italian  Renaissance  detail.  In  addi- 
tion to  these  collections,  those  of  the  Fine  Arts  Department  in  the 
Fogg  Art  Museum,  of  German  work  in  the  Germanic  Museum,  and 
of  Assyrian,  Persian,  and  Roman  work  in  the  Semitic  Museum  are 
available  and  freely  open  to  students. 

Landscape  Architecture,  though  closely  related  to  Architecture, 
involves  many  independent  problems.  Direct  instruction  in  land- 
scape design  is  based  on  a  knowledge  of  topographical  surveying, 
botany,  geology,  horticulture,  and  forestry.  The  equipment  of  the 
University  for  instruction  in  these  subjects  is  exceptional,  for  it 
includes  the  Engineering  Camp,  the  University  Museum,  the  Bot- 
anic Garden,  the  Bussey  Institution,  the  Arnold  Arboretum,  and 
the  Harvard  Forest  at  Petersham. 


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THE    SCHOOL    OF   FORESTRY 

The  School  of  Forestry  acquired,  in  1908,  two  thousand  acres  of 
forest  land  in  Petersham,  eighty-five  miles  west  of  Cambridge. 
This  forest,  comprising  the  best  body  of  timber  to  be  found  on  an 
equal  area  in  Massachusetts,  gives  a  unique  opportunity  for  the 
successful  practice  of  forestry.  The  forest  will  be  so  organized  as 
to  offer  a  valuable  demonstration  of  practical  and  scientific  manage- 
ment. The  students  spend  the  winter  term  in  class-work  at  Cam- 
bridge, and  the  spring  and  fall  terms  in  the  forest  in  the  study  of 
silviculture,  forest  botany,  forest  protection,  lumbering,  mill  work, 
and  forest  management. 

THE    SCHOOL   OF   APPLIED    BIOLOGY 

The  School  of  Applied  Biology,  established  by  reorganizing  the 
Bussey  Institution,  is  devoted  to  advanced  instruction  and  research 
in  scientific  problems  which  are  of  value  to  agriculture  and  horti- 
culture. Its  field  has  been  concentrated  to  economic  entomology, 
animal  genetics,  experimental  plant  morphology,  and  animal  path- 
ology. The  buildings  and  grounds  of  the  Bussey  Institution  are 
located  at  Forest  Hills,  within  the  city  limits  of  Boston.  Here,  on 
a  great  tract  of  394  acres,  is  the  Arnold  Arboretum  —  a  splendid 
museum  of  trees  and  shrubs,  devoted  to  experiments  in  arbori- 
culture, forestry,  and  dendrology. 

The  degrees  granted  to  students  who  finish  the  various  pro- 
grammes of  study  in  the  Graduate  Schools  of  Applied  Science  are 
those  recognized  as  professional  degrees  in  their  several  fields: 
Master  in  Civil  Engineering,  Master  in  Mechanical  Engineering, 
Master  in  Electrical  Engineering,  Mining  Engineer,  Metallurgical 
Engineer,  Master  in  Architecture,  Master  in  Landscape  Architec- 
ture, Master  in  Forestry,  and  Master  in  Science.  The  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Science  may  also  be  conferred  on  the  ground  of  very  high 
attainment  in  a  special  field. 


CHAPTER  XI 

NOT  WEALTH   BUT  ABILITY 

JAMES  DUNCAN  PHILLIPS,  '97 

Vice-President,  New  England  Federation  of  Harvard  Clubs;  Chairman,  Committee 
on  Relation  with  Preparatory  Schools  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs. 

THREE  years  ago  the  Committee  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs 
on  Secondary  Schools,  in  groping  about  for  some  legitimate  activity, 
took  up  an  investigation  of  how  boys  who  did  not  come  to  Harvard 
College  were  influenced  in  other  directions.  The  questionnaire  was 
sent  to  the  secretaries  of  all  the  Harvard  clubs,  asking,  among  other 
things,  what  reasons  were  usually  given  by  boys  who  went  elsewhere 
for  not  going  to  Harvard,  and  it  was  remarkable  how  prevalent  the 
time-worn  idea  that  Harvard  war  a  rich  man's  college  was  alleged 
as  the  moving  cause.  With  this  as  a  starting  point,  the  Committee 
felt  that  it  was  their  duty  to  dissipate  this  illusion  if  possible  and  at 
any  rate,  to  investigate  the  charge  fully  to  see  what  it  amounted  to. 

Last  year  the  Committee  sought  in  various  ways  for  the  data 
which  seemed  to  be  necessary  to  refute  the  charge.  As  far  as  they 
could  find,  the  charge  that  Harvard  was  a  rich  man's  college,  which 
is  a  very  indefinite  one,  meant  that  in  some  way  the  rich  boys  at 
Harvard  secured  all  the  social  and  athletic  prizes,  while  the  poor 
boys  received  no  attention.  If  this  charge  meant  simply  that  rich 
men  send  their  sons  to  Harvard,  it  is  unquestionably  true,  but  in 
the  same  way  you  could  demonstrate  that  Harvard  is  a  poor  man's 
college,  because  there  is  no  doubt  that  a  great  many  poor  boys  go 
to  Harvard;  in  fact,  probably  a  much  larger  proportion  of  the 
undergraduates,  judged  by  the  ordinary  standards,  are  poor  boys 
than  rich  boys.  The  Committee  found  last  year  that  a  consider- 
able portion  of  the  poorer  boys  had  standing  in  the  University  and 
also  that  a  considerable  number  of  the  men  with  standing  in  the 
University  were  working  their  way,  but  the  question  which  class 
dominates  the  undergraduate  life  obviously  required  a  much  closer 
investigation  than  the  Committee  were  able  to  give  it  through  their 
own  efforts. 

During  the  year  just  passed,  with  the  backing  of  the  Associated 
Harvard  Clubs,  this  Committee  employed  a  young  man  who,  while 

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working  his  own  way  through  the  University,  had  also  received  all 
of  the  social  and  athletic  honors  which  any  boy  could  legitimately 
ask  for.  This  young  man  acted  as  secretary  for  the  Committee, 
and,  under  its  guidance,  prepared  with  great  skill  and  thoroughness 
the  data  which  the  Committee  were  this  year  able  to  present  and 
which  it  has  seemed  to  many  graduates  settled  the  charge  so  often 
made  against  Harvard.  All  the  statistics  given  were  carefully 
checked  and  the  secretary  of  the  Committee  personally  knew  a 
great  many  of  the  men  who  sent  in  their  reports  and  was  able  to 
confirm  their  statements,  thus  dispensing  with  the  charge  that  has 
already  been  raised  that  these  statistics  were  not  bona  fide  and 
that  the  boys  who  answered  the  questions  did  not  do  so  in  good 
faith  but  rather  with  an  idea  of  padding  the  returns.  It  is  the 
definite  opinion  of  those  who  have  examined  the  returns  that  they 
underestimate  rather  than  overestimate  the  conditions  which  exist 
at  Harvard  today. 

There  are  no  statistics  anywhere  as  to  the  actual  number  of  men 
who  work  their  way  in  whole  or  in  part  through  college,  and  we 
believe  that  in  the  nature  of  things  these  figures  cannot  be  obtained. 
Not  all  the  men  addressed  would  be  willing  to  reply  to  any  question- 
naire, and  even  if  they  did  reply,  it  is  doubtful  whether  in  many 
cases  earnings  of  considerable  size  would  not  be  overlooked. 

The  present  discussion,  however,  does  not  really  involve  the  ques- 
tion how  many  partially  self-supporting  boys  there  are  in  the  Uni- 
versity but  whether  this  class  of  boys  is  as  fully  represented  among 
the  leaders  of  undergraduate  life  as  it  should  be.  In  making  this 
investigation  a  group  of  292  men  in  the  classes  of  1910, 1911, 1912, 
and  1913  was  selected,  representing  the  most  prominent  men  in 
each  class.  This  selection  included  (1)  the  class  officers;  (2)  the 
most  prominent  scholars,  namely,  those  who  were  taken  into  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  in  Junior  year;  (3)  the  men  who  made  a  major  Varsity 
team  in  their  Sophomore  year;  (4)  the  principal  officers  of  the  col- 
lege magazines;  (5)  the  Senior  members  of  the  student  council; 
(6)  the  Senior  members  of  the  governing  board  of  the  Union;  (7) 
debaters  against  Yale  and  Princeton;  and  (8)  certain  leading  mem- 
bers of  the  musical  clubs.  A  blank  was  sent  to  each  man  asking 
for  information. 

Answers  were  received  from  192  men,  who  were  65  per  cent  of 
the  total,  thoroughly  representative  of  the  whole  group.  A  classi- 
fication of  the  returns  indicates  that  among  these  192  college  leaders 
there  were  39  high  scholars,  76  athletes,  92  men  connected  with 


90  HARVARD   OF  TODAY 

the  magazines,  30  men  connected  with  the  musical  organizations, 
122  class  officers,  and  6  debaters.  Under  class  officers  are  included 
the  members  of  the  student  council  and  of  the  Union  board.  136 
belonged  to  two  or  more  clubs.  Of  course,  many  men  were  leaders 
in  two  or  more  forms  of  activity,  and  there  are,  therefore,  a  large 
number  of  repetitions  in  the  above  count,  but  it  will  be  noticed 
that  every  form  of  college  activity  is  well  represented. 

These  men  came  from  every  part  of  the  country,  and  their  places 
of  residence  were  as  follows :  — 

California 5  Michigan 2 

Canada 2  Minnesota 3 

Colorado 3  Missouri 7 

Connecticut 3  Mississippi 1 

District  of  Columbia 2  New  Hampshire 1 

Hawaii 2  New  York " 28 

Illinois 4  North  Dakota 1 

Indiana 1  Ohio 4 

Iowa 3  Oregon 1 

Kansas 1  Pennsylvania 9 

Kentucky 1  Rhode  Island 3 

New  Jersey 1  Tennessee 1 

Maryland 3  Texas 1 

Massachusetts 103  Vermont 1 

Mexico 1  Virginia 1 

By  comparing  this  table  of  residence  with  that  of  the  entire 
undergraduate  body  of  the  University,  we  find  that  the  percentage 
of  Massachusetts  men  in  this  group  of  prominent  men  is  smaller 
than  in  the  whole  College,  while  the  percentage  of  men  from  New 
York,  Pennsylvania,  Missouri,  and  California  (which  are  the  four 
States  having  the  next  largest  representation  in  the  prominent 
group)  is  larger  among  the  prominent  men  than  it  is  in  the  Uni- 
versity at  large.  In  other  words,  the  men  from  a  distance  figure 
more  largely  than  those  from  the  immediate  vicinity,  and  the  man 
from  Missouri,  to  quote  a  concrete  instance,  seems  to  stand  three 
times  as  good  a  chance  of  being  prominent  as  the  man  from  Massa- 
chusetts, for  3 1  per  cent  of  the  prominent  men  are  from  Missouri, 
while  only  1|  per  cent  of  the  whole  undergraduate  body  is  from 
Missouri.  This  would  seem  to  explode  the  theory  that  a  man  must 
come  from  Massachusetts  in  order  to  attain  prominence  at  Harvard. 

In  the  matter  of  expenditure  some  very  interesting  facts  have 
come  to  light.  Among  the  192  men,  2  average  an  expenditure  of 
over  $2000  a  year.  The  minimum  expenditure  appears  to  be  about 
$450  per  annum  for  men  who  do  riot  live  at  home.  A  few  men  who 


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did  live  at  home  spent  only  a  little  over  $200  per  annum.  The 
average  expenditure  for  the  entire  group  was  $1013  a  year;  the 
Freshmen  averaging  $915,  the  Sophomores  $1003,  the  Juniors 
$1042,  and  the  Seniors  $1101. 

This  is  probably  much  above  the  general  average  of  the  whole 
University,   for  the  goup  under  consideration  contains  the  most 


SANCTUM    OF    THE    HARVARD    ADVOCATE    IN    THE    UNION 

active  and  aggressive  of  the  undergraduates,  and  while  many  of 
them  had  to  earn  their  money,  they  often  earned  large  sums  and 
they  did  not  hesitate  to  spend  as  much  as  some  of  the  wealthiest 
boys  in  their  classes. 

Out  of  the  192,  113  (over  59  per  cent)  earned  some  part  of  their 
expenses,  45  received  scholarships  writh  financial  stipends,  22  re- 
ceived honorary  scholarships,  and  68  who  did  not  receive  scholar- 
ships earned  considerable  sums  of  money  outside.  The  113  men 
wrho  earned  money  made  a  total  of  $102,067  during  their  four  years, 
of  which  $23,535  came  from  scholarships  and  $78,532  from  outside 
sources,  an  average  of  $208  apiece  for  scholarships,  and  $695  from 
outside  sources,  for  the  whole  group  of  113  money-earners.  One 


92  HARVARD   OF  TODAY 

student  earned  $3350  in  his  four  years,  finishing  his  college  course 
$900  richer  than  he  began,  and  5  other  men  earned  more  than  they 
spent.  Twenty-seven  men  earned  exclusive  of  scholarships  over 
$1000  and  8  of  these  earned  more  than  $2000.  The  average  earnings 
amount  to  over  $900  per  man.  It  is  surprising  to  discover  that 
some  of  the  men  who  spent  very  considerable  sums  (even  exceeding 
$1500  a  year)  earned  a  large  part  of  it,  and  that  nearly  60  per  cent 
of  all  these  leading  men  earned  at  least  a  part  of  their  way  through 
college.  While  there  are  no  actual  figures  it  is  a  reasonable  assump- 
tion that  not  more  than  60  per  cent  of  the  entire  undergraduate 
body  is  self-supporting  even  in  part  and  that  therefore  the  boys 
who  are  working  their  way  are  fairly  represented  in  the  group  of 
leaders  of  college  life. 

Just  in  passing  it  may  be  noted  that  among  these  192  men,  26 
graduated  cum  laude,  10  magna  cum  laude  and  3  summa  cum  laude. 
Eighty -four  of  them  interested  themselves  in  some  form  of  religious 
or  social  service  —  in  other  words  they  did  without  remuneration 
something  for  the  betterment  of  the  community. 

It  is  interesting  to  trace  the  careers  of  one  or  two  men  whose 
records  show  excellent  results.  The  first  is  from  an  inconspicuous 
place  in  Pennsylvania.  He  received  $100  from  the  Price  Green- 
leaf  aid  his  first  year,  and  during  his  four  years  earned  $3350,  while 
he  spent  $2450,  thus  actually  saving  $900  by  going  to  college.  He 
belonged  to  the  track  team,  edited  one  of  the  college  papers,  was  a 
class  officer  and  a  member  of  the  student  council,  as  well  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Institute,  D.  K.  E.,  and  the  Hasty  Pudding.  Another 
man  from  Kansas  got  $200  of  Price  Greenleaf  aid  to  start  on  and 
then  proceeded  to  earn  $2425,  which  exceeded  his  expenses  by  $175. 
He  was  a  varsity  track  team  man,  president  of  the  student  council, 
and  a  marshal  of  his  class,  as  well  as  a  member  of  the  Institute,  the 
D.  K.  E.,  Signet,  Hasty  Pudding,  and  of  the  governing  board  of 
the  Union. 

Aside  from  these  points  of  special  interest,  however,  the  investi- 
gation as  a  whole  unquestionably  demonstrates  certain  facts  which 
may  be  briefly  summarized  as  follows: 

(1)  That  the  leaders  in  undergraduate  life  at  Harvard  are  drawn 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  in  very  nearly  the  same  ratio  as  the 
whole  student  body,  and  that  the  attainment  of  such  leadership 
does  not  depend  in  any  degree  upon  the  locality  from  which  the 
student  hails. 


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(2)  That  the  "rich  man's  college"  myth,  the  theory  that  wealthy 
boys  dominate  the  life  of  Harvard,  is  effectively  dissipated,  since 
about  60  per  cent  of  these  college  leaders,  and  among  them  some  of 
the  most  successful  and  prominent,  earned  at  least  part  of  their 
expenses,  making  an  average  of  $900  per  man,  while  six  of  them 
actually  earned  more  than  they  spent. 

(3)  That  the  lavish  spenders  who  do  attain  undergraduate  promi- 
nence are  relatively  very  few,  and  that  the  amount  a  man  is  able  to 
spend  has  almost  no  relation  to  his  chances  of  becoming  a  leader  in 
undergraduate  life,  but  that  such  a  result  depends  almost  entirely 
upon  his  abilities  and  his  character. 

(4)  That  undergraduate  leadership  at  Harvard  is  in  the  hands  of 
youths  who  are  hard-working,  high-minded,  natural  leaders  who 
give  large  promise  of  honorable  and  serviceable  living  in  the  Ameri- 
can Commonwealth. 


CHAPTER  XII 
FINANCIAL  AIDS  AND  SCHOLARSHIPS 

INTENDED   PRIMARILY   FOR   STUDENTS   FROM   A   DESIGNATED   TOWN   OR 

STATE 

Financial  aid  to  an  amount  somewhat  in  excess  of  $75,000  is  available  each  year  for  meri- 
torious students  in  Harvard  College. 
STATE 

ALABAMA.  Northern  Alabama.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  Any 
undergraduate,  of  good  character  and  scholarship,  from  Northern 
Alabama,  has  the  preference,  over  other  applicants  for  this 
scholarship. 

ARIZONA.     Three  hundred  dollars. 

ARKANSAS.     Three  hundred  dollars. 

CALIFORNIA.  Five  hundred  dollars.  Awarded  to  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  or  of  the  Leland  Stanford  Jr.  University. 

COLORADO.  Rocky  Mountain  Harvard  Club.  Awarded  to  a  promising 
graduate  of  a  Colorado  college  or  school  pursuing  his  studies  at 
Harvard. 

CONNECTICUT.  The  fund  is  to  accumulate  for  the  present,  and  the  scholar- 
ship, therefore,  is  not  now  available. 

DELAWARE.  Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs,  three  hundred 
dollars. 

The    Scholarship    of    the  Harvard   Club   of  Delaware,   three 
hundred  dollars. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  Awarded  to  a 
student  from  a  secondary  school  of  ^Yashington. 

FLORIDA.     Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs,  three  hundred 

dollars. 
The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships,  two,  income  of  two  hundred 

and  twenty -five  dollars. 

The  James  A.  Rumrill  Graduate  Scholarship,  income  of  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty -five  dollars. 

GEORGIA.     The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships.    See  FLORIDA. 

University  of  Georgia.  The  George  Foster  Peabody  Scholarship, 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  Awarded  in  the  Graduate  School 
of  Harvard  University. 

HAWAII.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Hawaii,  income  two 
hundred  dollars.  Awarded  to  a  deserving  student  in  any  de- 
partment of  Harvard  University. 


HARVARD  OF  TODAY  95 

ILLINOIS.  The  Scholarships  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Chicago.  Three. 
Income  of  three  hundred  dollars  each.  Two  of  these  scholar- 
ships awarded  to  graduates  of  Illinois  high  schools,  and  one  to 
be  awarded  to  a  graduate  of  an  Illinois  University  or  College 
who  wishes  to  pursue  graduate  studies  at  Harvard  University. 
The  Dunlap  Smith  Scholarship,  income  of  two  hundred  dollars. 

INDIANA.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Indiana  Harvard  Club,  income  of  two 
hundred  dollars,  awarded  to  a  properly  qualified  graduate  of 
a  high  school  in  this  state  during  his  first  year  of  residence  in 
Harvard  College. 

IOWA.  Burlington;  Towns  on  C.  B.  and  Q.  R.R.,  Iowa.  The  Charles 
Elliott  Perkins  Scholarships;  three  undergraduate  scholarships 
and  one  graduate  scholarship  with  an  income  of  three  hundred 
dollars  each. 

KANSAS.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
income,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  to  a  member 
of  the  freshman  class  of  Harvard  College,  coming  from  the  State 
of  Missouri  or  Kansas. 

KENTUCKY.     The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships.     See  FLORIDA. 

LOUISIANA.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Louisiana,  income 
of  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  Awarded  to  a  graduate 
of  Tulane  University  who  wishes  to  pursue  advanced  non-pro- 
fessional studies  at  Harvard  University. 

MAINE.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  in  Maine,  income  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  intended  primarily  for  a  freshman 
who  comes  from  Maine,  and  has  been  fitted  for  Harvard  by  a 
Maine  preparatory  school. 

Thomaston,  or  Knox  County,  or  Maine.  The  Henry  B.  Humphrey 
Scholarship.  Income  of  five  hundred  dollars.  This  scholarship 
may  be  given  also  to  a  Special  Student  in  Harvard  College. 

MARYLAND.  The  W.  Graham  Bowdoin,  Jr.,  Scholarship.  Income  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  Awarded  to  a  deserving  student 
from  the  State  of  Maryland. 

The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Maryland  income,  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  annually  for  the  next  three 
years  to  a  graduate  of  a  high  or  preparatory  school  in  the  State 
of  Maryland,  during  his  first  year  at  Harvard  College. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Amesbury.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Newburyport. 
Boston.     The  Boston  Newsboys'  Scholarship,  income  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars.      Awarded  to  one  of  the  newsboys,  eligible  to 
compete,  who  passes  Harvard  admission  examinations  with  the 
highest  percentage. 


96  HARVARD  OF  TODAY 

MASSACHUSETTS  —  Boston  (continued) 

The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Boston,  five  scholarships 
of  two  hundred  dollars  each.  Awarded  annually  to  properly 
qualified  graduates  of  public  High  and  Latin  schools  (including 
Roxbury  Latin  School). 

The  Charles  Sumner  Scholarship,  of  two  hundred  dollars,  open  on 
the  same  terms  as  the  above  scholarships. 

East  Boston.  The  Warren  H.  Cudworth  Scholarships,  income  three 
hundred  dollars  each  for  two  students.  Awarded  to  poor  and 
meritorious  students  in  Harvard  College. 

Cambridge.  The  Daniel  A.  Buckley  Scholarships,  fifty,  with  income 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each. 

Concord.     The  Ebenezer  Rockwell  Hoar  Scholarship,  income  of  five 

hundred  dollars. 
Munroe  Fund,  for  meritorious  students. 

Dorchester.  The  Stoughton  Scholarship,  income  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars. 

Fall  River.  The  Fall  River  Scholarship,  income  one  hundred  dollars, 
for  some  meritorious,  needy,  undergraduate  student. 

Fitchburg.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Fitchburg. 
Income  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-eight  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 
Awarded  to  some  deserving  member  of  each  Freshman  Class  who 
may  enter  Harvard  College  during  the  next  four  years  from  the 
high  schools  of  Fitchburg,  Leominster,  or  Gardner. 

Gardner.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Fitchburg. 

Hampden  County.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  Har- 
vard Club,  income  of  two  hundred  dollars.  Awarded  to  a  student 
from  Hampden  County,  Mass.,  in  his  first  year  at  Harvard. 

Hingham.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Hingham  Harvard  Club,  income 
one  hundred  dollars. 

Kingston.  The  Sever  Scholarship,  income  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars,  awarded  to  some  meritorious  undergraduate  without 
exclusive  reference  to  academic  rank. 

Lawrence.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Lawrence,  in- 
come of  two  hundred  dollars,  open  to  graduates  of  Lawrence 
High  School  who  are  admitted  to  the  Freshman  Class  of  Harvard 
College. 

Leominster.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Fitchburg. 

Lincoln.  The  Levina  Hoar  Scholarship,  income  of  three  hundred 
dollars.  Awarded  to  a  student  in  the  Graduate  School  of  Arts 
and  Sciences. 

Lowell.     The  Scholarships  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Lowell,  two,  in- 
come one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each. 
The  Warren  H.   Cudworth  Scholarships.     See  East  Boston. 


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MASSACHUSETTS  (continued) 

Lynn.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Lynn,  one  hundred 
dollars,  awarded  annually  to  a  student  entering  Harvard  from 
Lynn,  Swampscott,  Saugus,  or  Nahant. 

Milton.     The    Swift   Scholarship.       Income    two    hundred    dollars. 

Awarded  to  a  scholar  from  the  Town  of  Milton. 
The  Stoughton  Scholarship.     See  Dorchester. 

Natick.  The  Edwin  Erwin  Coolidge  Scholarships,  two,  income  of 
two  hundred  dollars  each,  and  two  with  an  income  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  each. 

New  Bedford.  The  Scholarship  of  the  New  Bedford  Harvard  Club. 
Income  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  to  a  student 
from  New  Bedford  entering  the  Freshman  Class. 

Newburyport.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Newburyport. 
Income  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  open  to  graduates  of 
the  high  schools  in  Newburyport  and  Amesbury  who  are  ad- 
mitted to  the  Freshman  Class. 

Newton.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Men  of  Newton.  Income, 
one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  Offered  to  an  undergraduate  of 
Harvard  College  whose  home  is  or  has  been  in  Newton. 

Plymouth.     The  Sever  Scholarship.     See  Kingston. 

Salem.  The  Browne  Scholarship,  income  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  dollars. 

Mary  Lindall  Fund.  Bequeathed  one  hundred  pounds.  Interest 
thereof  to  be  applied  to  scholars  of  good  character,  who  are  in 
poor  circumstances. 

Worcester.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Worcester,  in- 
come of  two  hundred  dollars,  awarded  to  a  worthy  student  from 
Worcester. 

The  Elnathan  Pratt  Scholarship.  Income  of  two  hundred  dollars. 
Devoted  annually  to  one  needy  student,  preference  given  to 
one  from  Worcester. 

MICHIGAN.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  in  Michigan.  Income 
of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  to  a  student  from 
Michigan,  in  his  freshman  year. 

MINNESOTA.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Minnesota.      In- 
come of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  for  a  graduate  of  a  high 
school  in  the  State,  who  enters  the  Freshman  Class. 
MISSOURI.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  St.  Louis.     Income 

of  three  hundred  dollars. 

NEBRASKA.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Nebraska.  Income 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  open  to  a  graduate  of  a 
Nebraska  high  school,  or  college,  or  university. 


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NEVADA.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs.     Income  of 

three  hundred  dollars. 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE.     Phillips  Exeter  Academy.      The  Abbot  Scholarship. 

Income  of  one  hundred  and  seventy -five  dollars. 
The  Augustus  Woodbury  Scholarship,  not  yet  available. 
NEW  JERSEY.     The  Prize  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  Jersey. 
Annual  prize  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  the  student 
from  New  Jersey  entering  the  Freshman  Class  in  Harvard  College. 
Prize  open  only  to  students  of  good  character. 

NEW  YORK.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Eastern  New  York. 
Income  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  given  to  a  graduate  of  a 
high  school  in  Eastern  New  York. 
Erie   County.     The   Scholarship   of   the  Harvard   Club   of   Buffalo. 

Income  of  two  hundred  dollars. 

Long  Island.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Long  Island. 
Income  of  two  hundred  dollars,  awarded  to  graduates  of  prepara- 
tory or  high  schools  on  Long  Island,  who  enter  the  Freshman 
Class. 

Rochester.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Rochester,  income 
of  two  hundred  dollars,  awarded  annually  to  some  student  in 
Rochester. 

Syracuse.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Syracuse.      In- 
come of  two  hundred  dollars,  given  annually  to  some  deserving 
Syracuse  boy. 
NORTH  CAROLINA.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs. 

Income  of  three  hundred  dollars. 
The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships.     See  FLORIDA. 
NORTH  DAKOTA.     The   Scholarship   of   the   Associated   Harvard   Clubs. 

Income  of  three  hundred  dollars. 
OHIO.     Central  Ohio.     The  Harvard  Club  of  Central  Ohio.     Income  of  one 

hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 
Cincinnati  or  Ohio.     The  Julius  Dexter  Scholarships,  income  of  two 

hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars. 

Cleveland  or  Ohio.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Cleve- 
land. Income  of  four  hundred  dollars. 

Hamilton  County.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Cincin- 
nati. Income  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  annually 
to  a  student  entering  Harvard  College  from  Hamilton  County, 
Ohio. 

PENNSYLVANIA.  Philadelphia.  The  Philadelphia  Scholarships,  three. 
Income  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each,  awarded  to  de- 
serving Freshmen. 


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PENNSYLVANIA  (continued) 

Western  Pennsylvania.  The  Scholarships  of  the  Harvard  Club  of 
Western  Pennsylvania,  three.  Income  of  three  hundred  dollars 
each,  awarded  to  deserving  students  from  preparatory  and  high 
schools  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  who  are  undergraduates  at 
Harvard  College. 

RHODE  ISLAND.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Rhode  Island. 
Income  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  to  a  graduate 
of  a  Rhode  Island  public  school. 

Petaquamscot.  The  Sewall  Scholarships.  Two,  with  income  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA.     Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs.     Income 

of  three  hundred  dollars. 
The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships.     See  FLORIDA. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA.  Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs.  Income 
three  hundred  dollars. 

TENNESSEE.     The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships.     See  FLORIDA. 

VERMONT.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Vermont.  Income 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  awarded  to  a  deserving  student 
from  Vermont  who  registers  as  an  undergraduate  in  Harvard  Col- 
lege. 

VIRGINIA.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Virginia.      Income 

one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 
The  James  A.  Rumrill  Scholarships.     See  FLORIDA. 

WASHINGTON.     Seattle.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Seattle. 
Income  of  three  hundred  dollars.    Given  to  a  student  from  Seattle. 
Spokane.     The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Spokane.     Income 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

WEST  VIRGINIA.  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Men  in  West  Virginia. 
Income  three  hundred  dollars,  awarded  in  1913-14  to  a  properly 
qualified  applicant  for  admission  to  Harvard  College  from  West 
Virginia. 

WISCONSIN.  Milwaukee.  The  Scholarship  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Mil- 
waukee. Income,  two  hundred  dollars,  awarded  to  a  member  of 
the  Freshman  Class  of  Harvard  College. 

WYOMING.  Scholarship  of  the  Associated  Harvard  Clubs.  Income  three 
hundred  dollars. 

PRICE  GREENLEAF  AID 

In  addition  to  the  scholarships  for  students  from  a  designated 
city  or  state,  about  sixteen  thousand  dollars  from  the  Price 
Greenleaf  Fund  is  available  for  assignment  to  candidates  for 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  their  first  year  of  residence. 


CHAPTER  XIII 
PUBLICATIONS  CONCERNING  HARVARD 

NOVELS  AND  OTHER  LITERATURE  CONCERNING  THE  LIFE  AT  HARVARD 

A  History  of  Harvard.     A.  S.  Pier,  '95,  1913. 

A  History  of  Harvard  University  from  Its  Foundation  in  the  Year  1636, 

to  the  Period  of  the  American  Revolution.     B.  Peirce.     Cambridge, 

1833. 
A  Sketch  of  the  History  of  Harvard  College  and  of  Its  Present  State. 

S.  A.  Eliot.     Boston,  C.  C.  Little,  1878. 
Brown  of  Harvard.      R.  J.  Young  and  G.  P.  Coleman.      (Illustrated.) 

New  York  and  London,  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1907. 
Forbes  of  Harvard.      Elbert  Hubbard.      Boston,  Arena  Publishing  Co., 

1894. 
Hammersmith,  His  Harvard  Days.     M.  S.  Severance.     Boston,  Houghton 

Osgood  Co.,  1878. 
Harvard    Advocate    (literary    magazine).       Published    at  The   Harvard 

Union,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Harvard  Alumni  Bulletin.      Published  weekly.      50  State  Street,  Boston, 

Mass. 
Harvard    and    Its    Surroundings.       M.    King.       (Illustrated.)       Boston, 

Rand  Avery  Co.,  1886. 
Harvard  College  by  an  Oxonian.      G.  Birkbeck  Hill.      New  York,  Mac- 

millan  and  Co.,  1894. 
Harvard  Crimson  (daily  newspaper).      Published  at  The  Harvard  Union, 

Cambridge,  Mass. 

Harvard  Episodes.     C.  B.  Flandrau.     Boston,  Copeland  and  Day,  1897. 
Harvard  Graduates'  Magazine  (published  quarterly).     Boston,  1892. 
Harvard   Illustrated   Magazine   (monthly  journal   of  Harvard   men  and 

affairs).     Published  at  Little's  Block,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Harvard   Lampoon    (comic   paper).       Published   at  Lampoon   Building, 

Cambridge,  Mass. 
Harvard  Monthly  (literary  magazine).     Published  at  The  Harvard  Union, 

Cambridge,  Mass. 

Harvard  of  Today.     J.  Brett  Langstaff.     Cambridge,  1913. 
Harvard  Reminiscences.       A.  P.  Peabody,  D.D.       Boston,  Ticknor  and 

Co.,  1888. 
Harvard  Stories,  Sketches  of  the  Undergraduates.      W.  K.  Post.      New 

York,  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1893. 

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Harvard  University;  Some  account  of  its  Makers,  its  Library  and  other 

Buildings  and  its  Club  Life.     New  England  Magazine,  vol.  33. 
Harvard  University  Gazette,  Calendar  of  University  events. 
Harvard  University  Register,  list  of  organizations  and  their  members. 
History  of  Harvard  University,  2  volumes.    J.  Quincy,  Cambridge,  1840. 
Jarvis  of  Harvard.     R.  W.  Kauffman.     Boston,  L.  C.  Page  and  Co.,  1901. 
Memories  of  Youth  and  Manhood.     S.  Willard,  Cambridge,  John  Bartlett, 

1855. 
Official  Guide  to  Harvard  University,  edited  for  the  Harvard  Memorial 

Society,  by  William  G.  Brown,  1899.     (With  illustrations.) 
Philosophy  Four.     Owen  Wister.     New  York,  The  Macmillan  Co.,  1903. 
Reminiscences  of  An  Athlete  —  Twenty  Years  on  Track  and  Field.     E.  H. 

Clark,  1911.     Boston,  New  York,  Houghton  Mifflin  Co. 
Rollo's  Journey  to  Cambridge.     F.  J.  Stimson.     Boston,  A.  Williams  and 

Co.,  1880. 
Sherman  Hale,  The  Harvard  Half-Back.      G.  H.  Rand.      New  York, 

R.  F.  Fenno  and  Co.,  1910. 
Student  Life  —  Letters  and  Recollections  for  a  Young  Friend.     S.  Osgood. 

New  York,  James  Miller,  1861. 
Student  Life  at  Harvard.      G.  H.  Tripp.     Boston,  A.  Williams  and  Co., 

1876. 
The  College  Freshman's  Don't  Book.      E.  G.  Fullerton.      San  Francisco, 

Paul  Elder  and  Co.,  1910. 

The  Count  at  Harvard.     R.  S.  Holland.     Boston,  L.  C.  Page  and  Co.,  1906. 
The  Cult  of  the  Purple  Rose  —  A  Phase  of  Harvard  Life.     S.  E.  Johnson. 

Boston,  The  Gorham  Press,  1902. 
The  Diary  of  a  Freshman.      C.  M.  Flandrau.     New  York,  Doubleday, 

Page  and  Co.,  1901. 
The  Harvard  Book  —  A  series  of  historical,  biographical,  and  descriptive 

sketches.     By  various  authors.     Illustrated  with  views  and  portraits. 

Collected  and  published  by  F.  O.  Vailess,  H.  A.  Clark.    Cambridge, 

Welch,  Bigelow  and  Co.,  1875. 
The  Land  of  Joy.     R.  H.  Barbour.     New  York,  Doubleday,  Page  and  Co., 

1903. 

Historical  Sketch  of  Harvard  University.     W.  R.  Thayer,  1890. 
History  and  Customs  of  Harvard  University.      W.  R.  Thayer.      "  Uni- 
versities and  their  Sons,"  1898,  1901. 

Harvard  Memorial  Biographies.     T.  W.  Higginson.     2  vols. 
Sibley  Harvard  Graduates.      3  vols. 


CHAPTER  XIV 

LIST  OF  TERRITORIAL  CLUBS  AND  ADDRESSES  OF 
THEIR  SECRETARIES 

Buffalo Ernest  V.  Moncrieff      .  Hollis  10,  Cambridge 

New  Jersey S.  S.  Hall Fairfax  32,  Cambridge 

Kansas  City      .    .    .    .  E.  L.  Griffith     ....  Claverly  41,  Cambridge 

Pennsylvania    .    .    .    .  S.  P.  Clark Holworthy  9,  Cambridge 

Colorado        J.  Davis Matthews  17,  Cambridge 

Maine W.  W.  Mansfield  .    .    .  Fairfax  45,  Cambridge 

New  Hampshire   .    .    .  R.  E.  Home Perkins  9,  Cambridge 

Ohio W.  H.  Chatfield     .    .    .  Holworthy  6,  Cambridge 

Long  Island       .    .    .    .  A.  S.  Greider      ....  Drayton  2,  Cambridge 

Chicago      G.  Geraghty Hollis  10,  Cambridge 

Wisconsin H.  A.  Vogel Dunster  50,  Cambridge 

West  Virginia    .    .    .    .  R.  L.  Jones Dunster  70,  Cambridge 

Concord Julian  W.  Ballou   .    .    .  Westmorly  106,  Cambridge 

Cotton  Belt  States  .    .  O.  G.  Saxon Stoughton  4,  Cambridge 

Oregon W.  C.  Barbour       ...  96  Prescott  Street,  Cambridge 

Worcester  Academy     .  G.  E.  Hubbard  ....  Thayer  50,  Cambridge 

Washington  State    .    .  S.  P.  Silverman      .    .    .  Ware  34,  Cambridge 

Canadian J.  W.  Estey 20  Oxford  Street,  Cambridge 

Indiana T.  S.  Rockwell  ....  74  Hammond  Street,  Cambridge 

Iowa E.  M.  Nourse     ....  4  Story  Street,  Cambridge 

Maiden Wm.  M.  Marston      .    .  Cor.  of  Dunster  and  Winthrop  Streets 

Cambridge 

Medford C.  B.  Long 72  Monroe  Street,  Roxbury 

Texas Maurice  Hursch     .    .    .  1619  Nassau  Street,  Roxbury 

Vermont Harold  E.  Staples      .    .  Thayer  2,  Cambridge 

California W.  A.  Morrison     ...  74  Fenwood  Road,  Boston 

Fall  River William  Mason      .    .    .  1727  Cambridge  Street,  Cambridge 


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